Arena is on a mission to accelerate humanity’s rate of hardware innovation
Software defined the last fifty years, but the next leap forward - nuclear fusion, space exploration, breakthrough medications - will be unlocked by hardware. A meaningful acceleration in hardware innovation will enable humanity to achieve these breakthroughs centuries sooner than we could at our current course and speed.
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We strive to truly understand the user and build products that move them on both a rational and an emotional level.
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We trust you and ask that you trust us. Micro-management and hierarchies are not our way.
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We shed our egos and approach problems from first principles. True competence is quiet and humble.
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We know that "being in the arena" can be hard, and authentic support is critical to growth.
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We focus on solving real world problems, not over-applying theory, and deliver measurable results that move the needle.
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We value getting from 0 to 1 fast, and then iterating. We believe that the more we ship, the faster we learn.
Our team
Our team combines deep AI expertise with proven applied engineering skills, including 2 professors, 6 Ph.D.s, and AI scientists with >280 peer-reviewed publications.
Alec Portelli
Alican Liceoglu
Anka Buisson
Arya Hezarkhani
Ben Gelb
Berkin Cilingiroglu
Catherine Kauber
Chad Loh
Christopher Bryant
Claire Pan
Daniel Pedraza
Dom Clemmer
Elijah Chancey
Engin Ural
Eugenia Fomitcheva
Giovanni Vocale
Hao Liu
Harish Krishnaswamy
Hemanth Chittanuru
Jade Yee
Joel Maynes
Judy He
Jun Jiang
Kush Patel
Lisa Vance
Mark Cinali
Matt Gardner
Mattia Ravasio
Michael Frei
Mitch Moranis
Nathan Mirman
Noah Kessler
Philipp Barmettler
Pratap Ranade
Reid Butler
Samuel Tay
Siddharth Garg
Tommaso Dreossi
Trevor Beaton
Usman Farman
Vishal Tien
Yu-Chun Shih
Zhengyuan Zhou
Our investors
Peter Thiel
General David Petraeus
Michael Seibel
Qasar Younis
Ryan Petersen
