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Ilan Gur
@ilangur
Frm CEO @ARIA_research | Taking a break from this site to focus
Bay Area
Joined May 2007
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    We're on the precipice of massive sociotechnical transformation. In thinking about what root-level technologies will matter most, I keep coming back to two themes. The first is Coordination. Non-linear and asymmetric technology acceleration is going to push things way out of
    We are beyond excited to announce @ilangur as a Senior Fellow at @RenPhilanthropy. Ilan was the founding CEO of @ARIA_research, is the founder of Activate, supporting scientists and researchers to turn breakthrough research into world-changing products and businesses, a founding
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    Interested in bringing back Bell Labs? Some thoughts 🧵 on why it's not possible, and what we should do instead.... /1
    Hypothetically do y'all think it's possible to start another legendary research park? Like 1900s Bell Labs type status. Or, how does a research lab get to that level?
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    Turns out the talmudic rabbis crafted a perfect tweet for #climatetwitter
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    Today, @activatefellows & UK government announced my appointment as founding CEO of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA). With an £800M initial funding commitment, ARIA will support ground-breaking R&D to transform society for the better. /1 activate.org/ilan-gur-to-le…
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    Big news: we’re kicking off the search for ARIA’s next CEO. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lead one of the most ambitious orgs in science and tech. 1/8
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    It's both a great honor and a great honour to be appointed founding CEO of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency @ARIA_research!
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    After a whirlwind move across the pond, I'm in full-time learning mode to get up to speed on UK R&D & build my mental model for @ARIA_research. I'll try to share insights / provocations here so you can come along for the journey. Heeeere we go! 🚀
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    Thrilled to introduce ARIA's first set of Programme Directors. Their job: push the limits of the possible to unlock breakthroughs that benefit everyone. /1
    Here we go 💥 We’re so excited to introduce ARIA’s first cohort of Programme Directors.
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    Thrilled to have an absolutely stellar founding board appointed for ARIA, which unlocks day 1 as a new legal entity. 🚀 We'll be working hard over the next couple of weeks to get our systems online and launch the next phase of the journey. Stay tuned!
    Delighted to announce the formal establishment of the Advanced Research+Invention Agency (ARIA) ⁦⁦@ARIA_research⁩ as the independent £800m UK agency for bold cutting-edge research: @ilangur⁩ ⁦@matthewclifford#ScienceSuperpower 🔬🌍 gov.uk/government/new…
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    Huge congrats to ARIA advisor @demishassabis. Breaking through the barrier of winning a nobel outside academia is rare, but this may be the first case in history of the award going to an entrepreneur whose nobel work was done in the company they founded. Hopefully first of many!
    BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”
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    🚨🤓Check out the first opportunity space we've released @ARIA_research - exploring how nature computes better & if AI offers a new foothold for alternative hardware. Tasty morsels to spark interest/ideas from chip engineers to biophysicists & beyond... aria.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
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    We're recruiting a founding group of programme directors (PDs) at @ARIA_research. Short 🧵 on why this is such an exciting/important experiment, and why you should pause to consider the opportunity - especially if at first glance you felt like it wasn't meant for you. /1
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    We're recruiting a first-ever CTO for ARIA💥 Armed w/ dedicated budget & unburdened by administrative responsibilities, you’ll have one job: ensure ARIA is the best place in the world for technical leaders to thrive & make lasting contributions to society. Apply at link in bio.
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    A fast, efficient O-1 visa with no employer requirement would be game changing for U.S. science innovation
    Wow. The UK is really getting aggressive about recruiting high-skill immigrants. Can you imagine if the US created something like this?