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Your helpful AIby Verneek
Your helpful AI by Verneek
We are building the most helpful AI to augment the intelligence of anyone, anywhere, at any time!
Join UsBehind the Name
'Verneek' is a play on the word 'Wernicke', which is the name of the area of brain that is responsible for language development and understanding. Verneek is a compound noun, with 'ver' being the root word for truth in Latin and 'neek' meaning nerd + geek, which hints at some 'neeks' getting to the bottom of truth.
Why We Founded Verneek
“We believe that this breakthrough era in AI makes it possible to fulfill our lifelong dream of making natural language the new machine language, which will transform our everyday experiences anywhere.”
As a full-stack company, we develop both the underlying proprietary technology platform as well as various end-to-end solutions in-house. Our native AI architecture means every solution is built from the ground up with AI at the core — not bolted on.
Team
Meet Our Founders
Dr. Nasrin Mostafazadeh is a world-renowned AI scientist and co-founder of Verneek, a deep tech AI startup backed by business and scientific luminaries. Verneek's mission is to build the most helpful AI, enabling anyone to interact with any environment using intelligent conversational interfaces with deep domain expertise. She was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 in 2019 for her contributions to the research and development of AI systems for the past 18 years. Before Verneek, she held senior research positions at major big tech companies and deep-tech startups, ranging from Microsoft and Google to BenevolentAI. She received her PhD in AI with a focus on Natural Language Processing and Commonsense Reasoning. She has been a keynote speaker, chair, published author, and committee member at major business and scientific forums.
Dr. Omid Bakhshandeh is an AI scientist and co-founder of Verneek, a deep tech AI startup backed by business and scientific luminaries. Verneek's mission is to build the most helpful AI, enabling anyone to interact with any environment using intelligent conversational interfaces with deep domain expertise. Omid leads the entire product and technology at Verneek, inline with his more than two decades of experience in the research and development of AI systems. Omid founded and successfully led various AI teams.
Before Verneek, he held research positions at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), Adobe Research, and the University of Rochester. He received his PhD in AI with a focus on Natural Language Understanding and Dialogue Systems, having pioneered building systems that have a domain-general understanding of language. He is a published author in major AI publications.
Advisory Board
Our Advisors
Kathy Waller
Renowned Business Leader
Former CFO of Coca-Cola. Board Director at Delta Airlines. Board Director at Beyond Meat. Board Trustee at University of Rochester & Spelman College.
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Geoffroy van Raemdonck
Renowned Business Leader
Former CEO of Neiman Marcus Group, President Europe Ralph Lauren, Board Director at Moncler
Philippe Schause
Leading Luxury Retail Expansion
CEO of Moet Hennessy, Executive committee member at LVMH
Colleen McKeown
Renowned Business Leader
CHRO at Prologis, CHRO at Zulily
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Sineesh Keshav
Renowned Technology Leader
CTO/CIO Prologis, Former SVP Experian, Former VP of Technology at Safeway
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Andy Cunningham
Renowned Business Leader
Entrepreneur, author, board member, advisor. Brought innovation to market for four decades, notably launching Apple Macintosh with Steve Jobs.
Kristen Blum
Renowned Business Leader
Board Director at Sprouts Farmers Market , Sheetz, and GuideWell, Former CTO of JCPenney, SVP CIO of Latin America at PepsiCo, Former SVP CIO PepsiCo, Frito Lay , SVP CIO Abercrombie & Fitch, Director of international retail at Apple
Karenann Terrell
Renowned Business Leader
Board director at UiPath and Fractal. Former CTO at Walmart, GSK, and Mercedes-Benz. Advisor at Google and Insight Partners
Steve Barr
Renowned Business Leader
Chairman and Co-founder Biome Capital Partners. Former Global and US Consumer Markets Leader at PwC serving leading brands including NIKE, Levi, Procter & Gamble, and RH.
Wayne Shurts
Renowned Business Leader
Board director at Armstrong World Industries, Former CTO at Sysco, VP of Business at Nabisco. Former CIO of SuperValu and Cadbury. Former VP of Technology Development at American Express.
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Lisa Schirf
Renowned Technology Leader
Managing Director, Global Head of Data & Analytics at Tradeweb. Former COO of Data Strategies and AI at Citadel.
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David Kimbell
Renowned Business Leader
Former CEO at Ulta Beauty, Member Board of Directors.
Retail Intelligence
AI that deeply understands consumer retail and brands.
From fashion runway to grocery checkout. From warehouse to storefront. One centralized intelligence, everywhere.