The State of AI Report 2021

Elliot Branson Is the Director of Machine Learning and Engineering at Scale and leads the Machine Learning, Platform, Federal, 3D, and Mapping products. In his prior work, he helped create the Cruise Automation self-driving car and served as the first Head of Perception and AI. His interest in robotics and AI started with national and international robotics competitions in high school and continued in college and grad school where he published work on field robotics, localization, computer vision, and AI systems. His previous work includes stints on the Google Project Tango AR platform and Air Force MURI research programs.

Nathan Benaich is the Founder and General Partner of Air Street Capital, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage AI-first technology and life science companies. His investments include Allcyte (acq. Exscientia), Intenseye, Tractable, Graphcore, V7, Mapillary (acq. Facebook), and Thought Machine. Nathan is the co-author of the annual State of AI Report and the newsletter, your guide to AI. Nathan also leads Spinout.fyi, which seeks to improve university spinout creation starting with open data on deal terms, and The RAAIS Foundation, a non-profit that runs the annual RAAIS summit and funds open source AI fellowships. He holds a Ph.D. in cancer biology from the University of Cambridge and a BA from Williams College.