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WE ARE HYPRLABS

HYPRLABS™, based in San Francisco and Paris, creates novel, paradigm shifting AI-native robots that learn faster than real-time, in-situ. From city streets to racetracks, our systems adapt through immersive, live learning — defining the future of intelligent movement.

Co-founders

Tim Kentley Klay hypr

Tim Kentley Klay

CEO & Co-founder

Tim is the founder and CEO of previously successful companies XYZ, Crayon, and Zoox. Tim is a proven systems architect, product visionary and technical leader, bringing together talented developers under a clear mission: always for the greater good. Tim has raised over $750M, been granted over 125 patents, and won over 100 design awards including Advance Global Australian. Tim envisioned and built the worlds first ground-up homologated robotaxi–the Zoox.

Werner Duvaud hypr

Werner Duvaud

Director of AI & Co-founder

Werner is HYPR’s Director of AI. He distinguished himself by implementing widely used code for DeepMind’s MuZero paper while studying for his masters in CS, Data Science, and Management at Ecole Centrale de Nantes, with a secondment on Artificial Intelligence at UC Berkeley, California.

Ops Team

Jessie Gold hypr

Jessie Gold

Director of Product & Comms

Jessie oversees product experience, communications and marketing at HYPR. Previously, she has created & led product teams and established marketing operations at multiple early stage software start-ups. When she's not working at HYPR, you can jump into her class at Barry's.

Aditya Narayan hypr

Aditya Narayan

Director of Development Operations

Aditya leads HYPR’s operations across product, hardware and software. Previously, he was at Ford leading exterior design in the Advanced EV Studio as Creative Design Manager. Aditya has a masters in Transportation Design from the National Institute of Design, and a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Felipe Teixeira hypr

Felipe Teixeira

Fleet Operations Lead

With a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Duke University, Felipe bridges testing and engineering through structured on-road testing and performance analysis to accelerate model improvement and deployment readiness.

Johnny Ricci hypr

Johnny Ricci*

Head of Deployment and Security

Johnny Ricci, a San Francisco native, leads HYPR’s robot fleet security when being deployed in the field. He started kickboxing at the age of 6, Jiujitsu at the age of 12 and Muay Thai at the age of 14. A professional trainer in mixed martial arts, Johnny is perfectly placed to ensure our robots always come out on top.

Annie Kao hypr

Annie Kao*

Financial Controller

Annie has been HYPR’s Financial Controller from day one. Previously, she was a Sr. Accountant with Keating Consulting Group. Annie has a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California.

AI Team

Aurele Hainaut hypr

Aurele Hainaut

AI Engineer

Masters—Engineering and Computer Science. Co-creator of MuZero open source implementation.

Ludovic Carre hypr

Ludovic Carre

AI Engineer

Masters—Mathematics and Computer Science.

Maxime Deloche hypr

Maxime Deloche

Infra Engineer

Masters—Information Systems Engineering.

Patrick Richards hypr

Patrick “Pirate” Richards

Director of Agentics

Founder. Mechatronics and Robotics at Swinburne University of Technology.

Dhruv Malik hypr

Dhruv Malik*

AI Engineer

Masters—Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Motoya Ohnishi hypr

Motoya Ohnishi*

AI Engineer

PhD—Computer Science and Engineering.

Eng Team

Adrian Prinz hypr

Adrian Prinz*

Mechanical Engineer

Masters—Robotics and Mechatronics

Kacper Chmielewski hypr

Kacper Chmielewski

Electrical Engineer

Masters—Advanced Applied Electronics.

Piotr Wasilewski hypr

Piotr Wasilewski*

Controls Engineer

Masters—Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation.

ID Team

Felix Godard hypr

Felix Godard*

Industrial Design

Strate, Ecole de Design.

Christoph Sokol hypr

Christoph Sokol*

Industrial Design

Masters—Design, Industrial Design and Product Design.

*part-time

Principles

The will to go

A mindset that true success lies in surpassing boundaries. We think beyond convention, ensuring our robots scale dramatically into the future.

Build the revolution

Ask yourself, “What would be the full realization?” Then, make precisely that happen—knowing you are choosing the harder path but with the greater reward.

Inspire the journey

For everyone who journeys with us, we craft extraordinary experiences through unexpected yet exquisite robots, redefining expectations of what life can be.

Backers

Niki Scevak

Founder Blackbird VC, General Partner

Dr. Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest

Founder Fortescue Metals Group

Dr. David Budden

Founder G13R. Director of Engineering, Google DeepMind

Jørn Lyseggen

Founder Shack 15 & Meltwater

Neill Miller

Founder Zeetings

Rod Drury

Founder Xero

Tim Kentley Klay

Founder XYZ, Crayon & Zoox

Board

Tim Kentley Klay

Chairman

Niki Scevak

Director