Global talent investor

EF Alumni

Basilio Gentile

CTO, Circuit Mind

Founded:

Cofounder:

Tomide Adesanmi

Interests / background:

AI, Computer Vision, Engineering

Cohort:

Basilio Gentilehas two Master’s degrees, including one in Electrical Engineering, and a PhD from ETH Zurich with a focus on mathematical algorithms for complex systems. He declined postdocs at Harvard and Berkeley to start Circuit Mind. His mastery of high-performance algorithms is at the core of Circuit Mind’s solution.

Basilio's co-founder Tomide pitches Circuit Mind at Demo Day

Company:

Circuit Mind

Circuit Mind is using AI to completely automate the design of electronic circuits.

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Award-winning researched in Complex Systems

Greg Lawton

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Astrophysicist with experience managing defence programmes and in BAE systems

Brittany Harris

Experienced civil engineer, recognised thought leader in building sustainable futures

Jade Cohen

Environmental advisor, managed environmental impact on Crossrail

Hana Janebdar

Biochemical engineer, previously UCL and Imperial College London

Tomide Adesanmi

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Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds

Stacy-Ann Sinclair

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Nick La Rooy

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Helene Guillaume

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Oliver Dean

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Built AI to automate the diagnosis of prostate cancer from MRI, ex-consultant and GoCardless

Alan Mosca

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Dev Amratia

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Jorge Alexander

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2x CTO with a track-record of implementing scalable and disruptive machine learning solutions

Akshay Gugnani

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Trisha Chatterjee

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Dr Elias Willemse

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Lucas Lopez

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Dr Stefano Goria

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Dr Emilia Molimpakis

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Harry Grieve

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Dr. Ben Fielding

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Hugo Pascail

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Jean-Régis de Vauplane

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Guglielmo Montone

Specialist in deep and transfer learning

Maëliza Seymour

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Manasa Nadipally

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Satyakama Paul

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Shivam Mani Tripathi

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Dornoosh Zonoobi

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Hardik Thakkar

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Ali Safari

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Dmitry Vedenypain

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Zeena Qureshi

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Rayna Patel

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Georgina Kirby

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John Flynn

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Sachin Chiramel

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Nitin Shukla

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Experienced data scientist, previously IIT

Laina Emmanuel

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Rimjhim Agrawal

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Sasha Haco

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James Thewlis

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Pahini Pandya

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Hazel Savage

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Aron Pettersson

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Pandu Raharja

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Alex Dalyac

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Razvan Ranca

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Sadaf Monajemi

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Milad Mohammadzadeh

PhD in Biomedical Fluid Dynamics

Karim Benchaaboun

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Ramakrishna Nanjundaiah

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Maria Meier

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Yassine Emile Tahi

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Zaraif Ayaat Hossain

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Anshul Gupta

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Theo Saville

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Chris Emery

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Tomide Adesanmi

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Dr Sripad Devalla

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Jens Thang

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Arun Bhatia

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Carl Robinson

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Joris Guerry

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Guillaume Rivals

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Deniz Elitez

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Dr Yousef Amar

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Sawsen Rezig

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Manasa Nadipally

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Puneet Chhabra

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Natalie Doran

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James Thewlis

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Zaraif Ayaat Hossain

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CPG insider, deep experience in the challenges of unorganised retail markets

Anshul Gupta

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Tomide Adesanmi

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Sven Mischkewitz

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Fouad Al Noor

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Nick La Rooy

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Efe Surekli

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Victor Moreau

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Sigurjon Isaksson

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Evan Kervella

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Han Lai

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Alex Tupper

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Ben Lakey

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Shourya Lala

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Ricardo Sancho

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Nyasha Japondo

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CJ Cassar

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Chris Whitehead

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Mark Stokes

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Harry Grieve

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Mark Aaron Chan

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Kannan Reghu

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Maria Silvia Scetta

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Shubhadeep Roychowdhury

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Tarik Dadi

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Nitish Mutha

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Chris Butcher

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Ankit Parashar

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Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

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Emir Nurov

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Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Aaron Lim

Expertise in high-end client engagement, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate

Nicolas Ang

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Aeronautical Engineering specialist, experienced bringing investment to Singapore

Yeshwanth Reddy

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Aerospace engineer, experienced in drone product development

Puneet Chhabra

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Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Sahil Tapiawala

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M.Sc. Chemistry and B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, experience in product development

Benjamin Tang Hao Zhe

Expert in AI and software engineering, youngest ever quant at a top investment bank

Arjun Ramaswami Palaniappan

Electronic expert with industrial PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr Mohammad Tavakkoli

PhD in Chemical Engineering, researched into advanced materials

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Tomide Adesanmi

CEO, Circuit Mind

Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds