Global talent investor

EF Alumni

Zeena Qureshi

CEO, Sonantic

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AI, Media & Gaming

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Zeena Qureshi has experience working in tech startups having co-founded two previously, and having worked in a third growth-stage startup. Additionally, she has experience in implementing speech and language therapy with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Sonantic's powerful artificial voice technology in action

Company:

Sonantic

Sonantic has built the world's most expressive and realistic artificial voices

Sonantic is ready to convince listeners that synthetic voices can cry

13 May, 2020

Business Insider

Sonantic named among 15 hottest European AI startups in 2020

16 July, 2020

Evening Standard

Companies in the Press

Sonantic – Meet the start-up changing the games industry with human-like AI voices

2 March, 2020

Sonantic scores €2.3M funding to bring ‘human-quality’ artificial voices to games

2 March, 2020

LD11 alumni Sonantic’s emotional AI voice is a far cry from Alexa

27 July, 2020

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Experience working on bond trading desks in Europe and the US as a trader and research analyst

Yanwen Chen

2 PhDs in Real Time Optimisation, built high performance software

Yassir Al-Refaie

MSc in IC Design, youngest department head in former company's history

Ferdinando Randisi

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Phd in Computational Biophysics, co-authored oxDNA

Grant Aarons

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PhD in Economics, worked in systems engineering and mathematical modelling

Puneet Chhabra

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

Jameel Marafie

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Worked in business development, financial management and R&D consulting

Rayna Patel

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Doctor and neuroscientist, previously Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Columbia

Georgina Kirby

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Data scientist, previously Imperial College London and GSK

John Flynn

MSc Sound Computing, film industry

James Thewlis

Computer vision expert, previously Facebook and AdTech

Pahini Pandya

Cancer researcher, post-doctorate from Cambridge

Pandu Raharja

Machine learning expert, experienced in developing models for cancer detection

Leighton Turner

Interdisciplinary scientist, PhD in Molecular Genetics

Nick La Rooy

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Full-stack developer, ex-Barclays Capital with MA in AI and Philosophy

Helene Guillaume

Ex-hedge fund quant, MSc in financial risks and ultra athlete

Oliver Dean

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

Alan Mosca

Researched deep learning theory and optimisation methods

Dev Amratia

Led national review on AI, ex-project manager

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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AI and NLP researcher, developed the current state-of-the-art job recommender & hiring system

Trisha Chatterjee

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Experienced in R&D, applying AI & ML solutions to various real world problems

Dr Elias Willemse

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Expert in optimisation modelling, developed AI to optimise waste collection

Lucas Lopez

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Award winning digital smell researcher, built cutting-edge artificial neural networks

Dr Stefano Goria

PhD in Theoretical Physics and ex-quantative analyst

Dr Emilia Molimpakis

PhD in Linguistics, Neuroscience & Psychology, expert in using language as a biomarker for cognition

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Dr. Ben Fielding

Computer scientist with publications in Evolutionary Optimisation for Neural Architecture Search

Hugo Pascail

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PhD in Quantitative Finance, experience building AI models and econometric algorithms

Jean-Régis de Vauplane

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Worked on AI and web projects as an Agile Coach and Product Manager

Guglielmo Montone

Specialist in deep and transfer learning

Maëliza Seymour

Experience as an IT project manager at global banks, machine learning graduate

Manasa Nadipally

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in Computer Vision, Patter Recognition and Medical Image Processing

Satyakama Paul

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Data scientist with PhD and postdoc in AI and experience in Machine Learning

Uzair Ahmed

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Expertise across leadership, AI and software development

Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Dornoosh Zonoobi

PhD in AI medical imaging, experience in leading clinical research

Boon Khai Lim

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Built large-scale web applications, passionate about disruptive tech

Hardik Thakkar

Built complex systems as a software engineer, experienced in Data Science and managing large teams

Puneet Chhabra

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

Ali Safari

Trained as a nuclear engineer, passionate about using technology to impact climate change

Benjamin Tang Hao Zhe

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

Dmitry Vedenypain

PhD in AI and MBA, experience in consultancy and scaling product teams in VC-funded fintech

Rayna Patel

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Doctor and neuroscientist, previously Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Columbia

Georgina Kirby

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Data scientist, previously Imperial College London and GSK

John Flynn

MSc Sound Computing, film industry

Sachin Chiramel

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Experience in investment banking and financial services

Nitin Shukla

CTO, real analytics

Experienced data scientist, previously IIT

Laina Emmanuel

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Healthcare business expert, previously Clinton Health Access Initiative

Rimjhim Agrawal

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PhD in AI in Psychiatry from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience

Sasha Haco

Astrophysicist, previously Cambridge and Harvard

James Thewlis

Computer vision expert, previously Facebook and AdTech

Pahini Pandya

Cancer researcher, post-doctorate from Cambridge

Hazel Savage

Experienced music industry professional, previously Shazam, Pandora and Universal Music

Aron Pettersson

Data science specialist, degree in Physics and Master's in Molecular Biology

Pandu Raharja

Machine learning expert, experienced in developing models for cancer detection

Alex Dalyac

Previously LSE and Imperial College London, left PhD to join our programme

Razvan Ranca

Computer scientist, previously Cambridge, left PhD to join our programme

Sadaf Monajemi

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Milad Mohammadzadeh

PhD in Biomedical Fluid Dynamics

Karim Benchaaboun

Machine learning engineer, previously Axa and Criteo

Ramakrishna Nanjundaiah

MSc in Computational Mechanics, built city-scale simulations

Maria Meier

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MSc in Software Engineering, previously TU Munich, Brown University and Oracle

Yassine Emile Tahi

AI project leader, previously HEC Paris & Sciences Po

Zaraif Ayaat Hossain

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

Anshul Gupta

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Engineering degree from NIT, led winning team in P&G Global AI Challenge

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Chris Emery

Engineer programming since age 12, expert in 3D graphics and high-performance computing

Tomide Adesanmi

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Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds

Basilio Gentile

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PhD in mathematical algorithms for complex systems from ETH Zurich

Dr Sripad Devalla

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PhD in AI algorithms for medical imaging

Jens Thang

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Advised healthcare operators and knowledge of visualisation technology

Arun Bhatia

Masters in Computer Science, built deep tech AI products for companies in India and Japan

Carl Robinson

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Experienced podcaster and AI data scientist.

Joris Guerry

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Machine learning and AI expert, previously built full-stack applications for industry giants.

Guillaume Rivals

Computer science and AI engineer, passionate about using data to fight climate change.

Animesh Anand

Experience in developing groundbreaking VR/AR applications

Shivlal Viknesh

Founder of profitable firms in the events space, experienced in strategy and deployment

Deniz Elitez

Computer vision research scientist, built one of the world's fastest MOT algorithms

Abhi Arora

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Dr Emilia Molimpakis

PhD in Linguistics, Neuroscience & Psychology, expert in using language as a biomarker for cognition

Dr Yousef Amar

PhD in distributed networks and edge computing, avid marathoner

Jose Martin Quesada

Experience in digital, consumer growth and data, CrossFit competitor

Alice Pelton

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Vasileios Katranidis

PhD in Digital Manufacturing, developed first predictive software tool for thermal spray coatings

Andre Lorenceau

Experienced in scaling and raising from VCs

Anil Chandra Naidu Matcha

Engineer, previously IIT, Samsung and Cisco

John Flynn

MSc Sound Computing, film industry

Sasha Haco

Astrophysicist, previously Cambridge and Harvard

James Thewlis

Computer vision expert, previously Facebook and AdTech

Hazel Savage

Experienced music industry professional, previously Shazam, Pandora and Universal Music

Aron Pettersson

Data science specialist, degree in Physics and Master's in Molecular Biology

Yassine Emile Tahi

AI project leader, previously HEC Paris & Sciences Po

Henri Mirande

Deep learning expert, graduated from CentraleSupélec aged 20

Ankur Singh

Built and sold products for video companies

Carl Robinson

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Experienced podcaster and AI data scientist.

Joris Guerry

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Machine learning and AI expert, previously built full-stack applications for industry giants.