# Adam Perold

> Adam Perold is the co-founder, president and CEO associated with Element, Inc., a digital identity company he founded with Yann LeCun in 2012. Educated in mechanical engineering at Stanford and business at Harvard, he has helped build partnerships for mobile biometric identity, onboarding and authentication across international financial services markets. He is also a co-author of papers at ICML 2023 and ICLR 2024; his newer public LinkedIn profile lists Machine Intelligence Fund.

- **Role:** Co-founder, President and CEO at Element, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Element, Inc., Machine Intelligence Fund, T. Rowe Price, King Street Capital Management, W.L. Ross & Co.
- **Education:** BS in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, MBA, Harvard Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded Element with Yann LeCun in 2012., Led Element as president and CEO during its announced $12 million Series A in 2018 and subsequent international partnerships., Named co-inventor on biometric authentication patents involving camera-equipped devices.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2012** — Worked in finance, with experience at T. Rowe Price, King Street Capital Management and W.L. Ross & Co.; precise sequence and dates not established.
- **2012** — Co-founded Element with Yann LeCun; public directories date his leadership role to July 2012.
- **2018** — Element announced a $12 million Series A led by PTB Ventures and GDP Venture; Perold was scheduled to speak at ID4Africa.
- **2020** — Element announced partnerships with Access Bank and Bank BRI.
- **2021** — Element expanded regional leadership with country-director appointments and a regional director reporting to Perold.
- **2022** — Element announced Amartha and Cebuana Lhuillier partnerships.
- **2023** — Element announced the Brankas partnership; Perold co-authored a paper at ICML 2023.
- **2024** — Co-authored Harnessing Explanations, published at ICLR 2024.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Element with Yann LeCun in 2012.
- Led Element as president and CEO during its announced $12 million Series A in 2018 and subsequent international partnerships.
- Named co-inventor on biometric authentication patents involving camera-equipped devices.
- Co-authored A Generalization of ViT/MLP-Mixer to Graphs at ICML 2023.
- Co-authored Harnessing Explanations at ICLR 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — A Form D reproduction for Model I, L.P. identifies Adam Perold as manager of the general partner. His LinkedIn profile also lists Machine Intelligence Fund; a precise title there is not publicly established in the accessible profile.
- **2024-05** — Harnessing Explanations was published at ICLR 2024, with Perold listed as an Element-affiliated co-author.
- **2023-02** — Element announced a strategic open-finance partnership with Brankas, quoting Perold as CEO and co-founder.

## Links

- Website: https://elementresearch.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-perold-50a21251
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/AdamPerold

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Last updated: 2026-10-25