"When I graduated from the University of Florida with a Ph.D. in AI in 2012, I didn't see myself starting a company. My goal, both then and now, is to use AI to positively impact the world. That first led me to Google, where I worked for nearly a decade. Working at Google was a great experience. Many breakthroughs in the field that we see today, like the transformer, were either invented or developed at Google."
"A lot of my management philosophy comes from my experience at Google. At my startup, I try to empower my engineers by leading with compassion and creating a safe environment for them to voice their opinions. Google is good at generating revenue from advertising and is very much invested in that business model. But if you want to do something different, like build a personal AGI, that might not fit with their advertising model."
"It dawned on me that I needed to chart a path to pursue my interest in robotics. A startup would allow me to iterate fast, take risks, and be nimble. Moving to Japan In my final year at Google, I persuaded my manager to send me to Google's Tokyo office. That was in 2020, and I spent a year there before I left to launch Integral AI."
Jad Tarifi earned a Ph.D. in AI in 2012 and worked at Google from 2012 to 2021, contributing to early generative AI efforts. He moved to Google's Tokyo office in 2020 and remained in Japan to found Integral AI in 2021. He aims to apply AI to robotics and pursue personal AGI, believing startups enable faster iteration, risk-taking, and nimbleness. He credits Google for major AI breakthroughs and for shaping his compassionate, engineer-empowering management style. He sees Google’s advertising-driven business model as misaligned with ambitious AGI projects and views Japan as stronger in robotics compared with the U.S.
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