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

Ludovic Carre
AI Engineer
Masters—Mathematics and Computer Science.

Maxime Deloche
Infra Engineer
Masters—Information Systems Engineering.

Patrick “Pirate” Richards
Director of Agentics
Founder. Mechatronics and Robotics at Swinburne University of Technology.

Dhruv Malik*
AI Engineer
Masters—Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Motoya Ohnishi*
AI Engineer
PhD—Computer Science and Engineering.
Eng Team

Adrian Prinz*
Mechanical Engineer
Masters—Robotics and Mechatronics

Kacper Chmielewski
Electrical Engineer
Masters—Advanced Applied Electronics.

Piotr Wasilewski*
Controls Engineer
Masters—Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation.
ID Team

Felix Godard*
Industrial Design
Strate, Ecole de Design.

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