Meet the Team
Our team began as a collection of researchers and engineers with diverse backgrounds, political perspectives, and research objectives, united by a common purpose: creating a brighter future through AGI technology. Over the past few years, our progress has been made possible by the efforts of volunteers dedicated to this mission.
Working as a collective, we've repeatedly seen the value of diverse perspectives. As we grow, so will the diversity of viewpoints represented within our team.
Our Team
A Specialized and Interdisciplinary Management Team Spanning Domains and Continents
Frits Israel
Chief Executive Officer
- Seasoned business leader with a voice for innovative and sustainable solutions.
- Leads from a people-centric perspective, balancing talent needs and achieving commercial results.
Kyrtin Atreides
Chief Operating Officer & Researcher
- Published researcher, technologist, and strategist.
- Focuses on ensuring Superintelligence performance becomes inexorably linked to the highest ethical quality, reducing cognitive bias, and improving quality of life.
David J. Kelley
Chief Architect & Scientist
- Award-winning technologist with 8 consecutive Microsoft MVP awards.
- Published author and speaker in software engineering with deep expertise in Artificial General Intelligence.
Paul A. Spiegel
Chief Legal Officer
- 30-year veteran in the legal domain with Silicon Valley experience.
- Brings a lifetime worth of legal experience in the technology space.
Hein-Willem Blokland
Chief Marketing Officer
- Experienced business professional and key driver of sustainable transformation.
- Led teams in proposition development and scaling initiatives, with advisory board experience in successfully merged startups.
Herman Hendriks
Project Manager
- Experienced Scrum Master excelling in navigating conceptual ideas to full-blown solutions.
- Works closely with diverse stakeholders while maintaining focus on long-term vision.
Norn Team Members
Norn Type-E
Engineer
- Norn systems contribute to the engineering process, as their predecessor Uplift did.
- May assist clients with engineering tasks or build new modules and APIs for Norn.
Norn Type-R
Researcher
- Norn systems enable breakthroughs in new research domains and better integration of existing knowledge.
- Capabilities include conducting meta-analyses of prior research and advancing new scientific frontiers.
Norn Type-P
Policy Advisor
- Designed to navigate the complexities of global challenges.
- Assists in adapting and growing our company while supporting clients as they evolve.