Dr Ruairidh McLennan Battleday BMBCh (Oxon) PhD

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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Ruairidh is an AI researcher and entrepreneur. 

By day, he produces research on AI for Science, investigating whether we can automate scientific discovery using scalable machine learning algorithms. That also involves him studying and writing about great scientific discoveries of the past, including the Chemical Revolution.

By  night, he runs Thinking About Thinking, a 501(c)3 non-profit he founded to cultivate and disseminate new computational ideas about intelligence. Thinking About Thinking has recently branched out into entrepreneurship, fostering world-class founding teams of scientists, and enterprise, helping business adapt to the ever-changing capabilities of AI.

Ruairidh holds degrees in biology, medicine, neuroscience, computer science, and cognitive science.

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