Location Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Middle East, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Gender Male
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Dr. Maor Farid is the Co-Founder & CEO of Leo AI and an AI and Chaos Theory scientist and lecturer at the Technion. He previously served as a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow at MIT and Israel's representative at Harvard’s leadership program. During his military service in the IDF, he served as a researcher and commander in the Brakim
excellence program, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office, and Unit 8200 (Captain), and was acknowledged as a Distinguished Scientist (top 3 scientists in the IDF). He completed his Ph.D. with the highest honors as the youngest graduate at the Technion, at the age of 24. Dr. Farid is the recipient of some of the most prestigious academic awards, including Israel's National Academy Award, and Israel's Ministry of Science and Technology award for groundbreaking research. He's also the founder of the Center of Israeli Scholars at MIT (ScienceAbroad, NGO) and an NGO "Learn to Succeed" for empowering youths at risk, and the author of a top seller that carries the same name. Dr. Farid is a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.