Meet the team
We've built state-of-the-art brain implants, neuromorphic chips, GPUs, wearables, automated trading systems, IoT sensor networks and we want to make an impact in the AI ecosystem.
![Paul Merolla](https://mk1.ai/images/team/PaulMerolla_hu2992183100050500550.jpg)
Paul Merolla
- Co-founder of Neuralink. Co-led chip design and algorithms decoding brain activity
- 17 years in neuroscience & ML
- Led design on 20+ custom ASICs
- 30+ patents including IBM’s TrueNorth neuromorphic chip, low precision DNNs
- PhD from University of Pennsylvania
![Thong Wei Koh](https://mk1.ai/images/team/ThongWeiKoh_hu1584994378818190367.jpg)
Thong Wei Koh
- Team lead at Neuralink; oversaw brain neural signals processing
- Built neural signals methods at Meta CTRL Labs
- Managing Director at UBS and partner at proprietary trading firms
- DPhil from University of Oxford
![Sonal Pinto](https://mk1.ai/images/team/SonalPinto_hu6445104966362005405.jpg)
Sonal Pinto
- Co-led digital design at Neuralink; engineered real-time firmware for neural signal processing
- Architecture & design of AR/VR GPUs and codecs at Meta Reality Labs
- ASIC designer at NVIDIA & Texas Instruments
- MSc from Virginia Tech
![Kevin Dewald](https://mk1.ai/images/team/KevinDewald_hu14197791185394754050.jpg)
Kevin Dewald
- Senior engineer in embedded systems and firmware at Neuralink
- 10 years experience in real-time software
- BSc and an MSc from Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
![Rohan Doshi](https://mk1.ai/images/team/RohanDoshi_hu8313598591912718189.jpg)
Rohan Doshi
- Led design of several ML processors during PhD
- Designed custom silicon for ML at Meta Reality Labs and NVIDIA
- PhD/MSc from Stanford, BSc from Caltech
![Yug Singh](https://mk1.ai/images/team/YugSingh_hu6197774394800707383.jpg)
Yug Singh
- Senior software engineer at Tesla
- Architected third largest data pipeline at Tesla
- BSc from UTDallas
![Marcelo Lerendegui](https://mk1.ai/images/team/MarceloLerendegui_hu3329031271915583151.jpg)
Marcelo Lerendegui
- 10 years of experience working on hardware and HPC software
- Led development for 4 medical devices achieving regulatory approval
- PhD from Imperial College
![Matthew Lee](https://mk1.ai/images/team/MatthewLee_hu6166361414248657832.jpg)
Matthew Lee
- Supported ML models for Vision Pro and Apple Intelligence as member of Apple Neural Engine Compiler team
- MSc from Stanford, BSc from Carnegie Mellon
Our Investors
![R-Squared Ventures](https://mk1.ai/images/investors/rsquared.png)
![SUSA Ventures](https://mk1.ai/images/investors/SUSA.png)
![Ascent Equity Partners](https://mk1.ai/images/investors/ascent.png)