Our Mission

Democratizing AI through defensive acceleration—building safe, transparent systems that empower creators and accelerate innovation responsibly.

Our Team

The I³ team is a collective of world-class builders, researchers, and strategists from elite institutions like Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Berkeley, Duke, and Cornell. Our deep expertise in AI, blockchain, venture capital, and product design is backed by experience from Y Combinator, top tech firms like TikTok, and leading research labs. United in purpose, we are building the future of decentralized AI infrastructure.

Fernando

CEO

Tianqin

Chief Scientist

Florence

CTO

Jade

CPO

Rebekah

Head of BD

Quentin

Head of Finance

Fellows

Our innovation is guided by an elite group of fellows including researchers from premier institutions. This powerful blend of academic rigor and industry savvy pushes the boundaries of what's possible.

Xuandong Zhao

Postdoc, UC Berkeley RDI

Yuejiang Liu

Postdoc, Stanford AI Lab

Yaqi Xie

Postdoc, CMU Robotics Institute

Jason Dou

Postdoc, Harvard

Peter Wang

Postdoc, Caltech

Shiyu Du

Ph.D., CMU, Computational Biology

Jiayuan Liu

Ph.D., CMU, Computer Science

Yitong Li

Ph.D., Stanford, Computational Science

Chengfeng Mao

Ph.D., MIT, Computer Science

Shi Feng

Ph.D., Harvard, Computer Science

Xueying Ding

Ph.D., CMU, Machine Learning

Shang Gao

Ph.D., Caltech, Computational Science