Meet the Minds behind your Thala
Thalamind is home to people who are building AI that is private, powerful, and personal. From Berkeley to Cambridge, from garage to enterprise, our team combines academic excellence with hands-on engineering.
Viktor Ström, Co-Founder, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Built deep tech commercialization expertise as Research Fellow at UC Berkeley's Deep Tech Innovation Lab and co-found...
Built deep tech commercialization expertise as Research Fellow at UC Berkeley's Deep Tech Innovation Lab and co-founder of Berkeley Gateway Accelerator. Designed scaling and M&A strategies as Head of Research at Esmaeilzadeh Holding (EHAB) and co-founded EHAB Thought Center. Now applying Silicon Valley playbook and Nordic venture expertise to build Sweden's next unicorn.
Built deep tech commercialization expertise as Research Fellow at UC Berkeley's Deep Tech Innovation Lab and co-founder of Berkeley Gateway Accelerator. Designed scaling and M&A strategies as Head of Research at Esmaeilzadeh Holding (EHAB) and co-founded EHAB Thought Center. Now applying Silicon Valley playbook and Nordic venture expertise to build Sweden's next unicorn.
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Hamed Haghjo, Co-Founder, MSc
Chief Technology Officer
Worked on generative AI long before ChatGPT, starting with GPT-2 experiments and gaining early developer beta access ...
Worked on generative AI long before ChatGPT, starting with GPT-2 experiments and gaining early developer beta access to GPT-3 base models. Self-taught AI architect and Venture Cup Sweden IDEA winner. Applied foundation and instruct-tuned models in many projects and production settings. Now channeling years of quiet innovation into engineering Thalamind's next-generation AI ecosystem.
Worked on generative AI long before ChatGPT, starting with GPT-2 experiments and gaining early developer beta access to GPT-3 base models. Self-taught AI architect and Venture Cup Sweden IDEA winner. Applied foundation and instruct-tuned models in many projects and production settings. Now channeling years of quiet innovation into engineering Thalamind's next-generation AI ecosystem.
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Johan Gärdebo, PhD
Chief Strategy Officer
Research Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Award-winning KTH and MIT alumnus. Founded NordAI and co-founded...
Research Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Award-winning KTH and MIT alumnus. Founded NordAI and co-founded EHAB Thought Center. Now architecting Thalamind's strategic vision for European AI sovereignty and governance.
Research Fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Award-winning KTH and MIT alumnus. Founded NordAI and co-founded EHAB Thought Center. Now architecting Thalamind's strategic vision for European AI sovereignty and governance.
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Annie Carlsson
Business Strategy Associate
M.Sc. student in Management and Economics of Innovation at Chalmers University of Technology. Analyst at Chalmers Cap...
M.Sc. student in Management and Economics of Innovation at Chalmers University of Technology. Analyst at Chalmers Capital Management and former Chair of Girls in STEM. Bridges technology and business to create value. Now contributing to Thalamind's privacy-first strategy.
M.Sc. student in Management and Economics of Innovation at Chalmers University of Technology. Analyst at Chalmers Capital Management and former Chair of Girls in STEM. Bridges technology and business to create value. Now contributing to Thalamind's privacy-first strategy.
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Emil Nannmark
Business Strategy Associate
M.Sc. student in Innovation and Industrial Management at the University of Gothenburg, with entrepreneurship studies ...
M.Sc. student in Innovation and Industrial Management at the University of Gothenburg, with entrepreneurship studies at EDHEC. Connects technical problems to market needs. Now supporting Thalamind's privacy-first strategy.
M.Sc. student in Innovation and Industrial Management at the University of Gothenburg, with entrepreneurship studies at EDHEC. Connects technical problems to market needs. Now supporting Thalamind's privacy-first strategy.
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Advisors
Strategic guidance from industry leaders and experts
Ryan Anderson
Strategic Advisor | Enterprise AI
IBM CTO for Palo Alto Networks, driving AI-powered security strategy and execution. Former Architect in Residence at ...
IBM CTO for Palo Alto Networks, driving AI-powered security strategy and execution. Former Architect in Residence at IBM San Francisco. Angel investor and advisor to deep-tech ventures.
IBM CTO for Palo Alto Networks, driving AI-powered security strategy and execution. Former Architect in Residence at IBM San Francisco. Angel investor and advisor to deep-tech ventures.
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Marian Barber
Strategic Advisor | Commercialization
30+ years scaling breakthrough technologies. Key roles in notable IPOs, including Symantec, Beyond Meat, Amyris, and ...
30+ years scaling breakthrough technologies. Key roles in notable IPOs, including Symantec, Beyond Meat, Amyris, and Ginkgo Bioworks. Transforms deep tech from ideation/bench-top successful commercialization/launch. SuperConnector - partnerships, collaborations, oppurtunistic relationship builder. Knows exactly how to make innovation inevitable.
30+ years scaling breakthrough technologies. Key roles in notable IPOs, including Symantec, Beyond Meat, Amyris, and Ginkgo Bioworks. Transforms deep tech from ideation/bench-top successful commercialization/launch. SuperConnector - partnerships, collaborations, oppurtunistic relationship builder. Knows exactly how to make innovation inevitable.
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Bowman Heiden, PhD
Strategic Advisor | IP Strategy
Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Tusher Initiative. Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP). Europe...
Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Tusher Initiative. Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP). European Commission Expert. Connects cutting-edge research with commercial reality across 150+ projects.
Executive Director of UC Berkeley's Tusher Initiative. Director of the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP). European Commission Expert. Connects cutting-edge research with commercial reality across 150+ projects.
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