Julian Weaver (juliver) | Co-founder & CEO of Dydema

Where I work

Dydeman.

I'm CEO and co-founder. We're in Y Combinator's F26 batch. dydema.com

PLATE I.

Left lateral view. Drag to rotate.
Do you typically poke at exposed brain matter?

1Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

planning, working memory

I run Dydema (see above).
2Precentral gyrus

movement

I rock climb. On the weekends you can often catch me at an SF techno event.
3Frontal pole

prospection

I care about “intelligence” safety. That is, safety in how we build our AI models and, just as importantly in my opinion, how we interact with the brain. Both are ripe with the potential for man made horrors. Tread carefully.
4Broca's area

speech

I co-founded Longhorn Neurotech during my time at UT Austin. My goal was to educate as many people as possible on the opportunities and dangers of neurotechnology and AI, and it grew into the largest organization of its kind in the world. I also launched and taught a lecture series on NeuroAI, neurotech, and ethics.
5Occipital pole

vision

At UT I launched a project using XAI and neuroimaging to explain black-box fMRI models that classify neurological disorders. It yielded a new general-purpose XAI method, EVO-LRP.
6Superior temporal gyrus

hearing

I produce music. I've led a string quartet and performed at the Kennedy Center.
7Hippocampus (deep)

memory

I grew up in Missouri, Ukraine, Arizona, and Texas. At UT Austin, I refined my model of the world and formally studied Neuroscience, Computer Science, and Business.
8Brainstem

breathing, heart rate

Currently piloting around the construct called San Francisco.