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Two acquired companies.

I built Hunch with Chris Dixon and Caterina Fake, as its Chief Scientist. eBay acquired Hunch in 2011. I later built ArtAdvisor with Lucas Zwirner; Artsy acquired it in 2017, and I joined Artsy as Chief Scientist.

Three MIT degrees.

S.B. in Computer Science (2001), M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2002), and Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences (2006).

AI research since 1999.

Across 39 publications, I worked on common sense, natural-language programming, affect, taste, and computational point of view. The public record had 6,611 citations on June 16, 2026; the ConceptNet paper alone had 2,454.

A result that lasted.

My 2003 paper on recognizing affect from everyday language won ACM IUI's Best Paper Award. In 2018, the conference gave the same work its test-of-time Impact Award.

Work inside museums.

I co-developed Åzone Futures Market, the Guggenheim's first online exhibition, and presented Computing Taste at the Museum of Modern Art.

First job: Mars Pathfinder.

My first job was a public-relations internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during the Mars Pathfinder landing. I organized media logistics and watched mission control through glass.