greek-founders
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Yiannis Kiachopoulos and the book that wouldn’t fit in his notes
A book recommendation sent the future Causaly co-founder down an unusual path: teaching computers to follow connections in what they read. His career has become an extended investigation into what it takes to turn information into useful work.
Lefteris Ntouanoglou and the education of a company
He built Schoox between Thessaloniki and Austin, with an engineer’s attachment to the product. Now Lefteris Ntouanoglou wants workplace learning to answer a harder question: what changed after the course ended?
Dimitris Vassos and the long conversation that began with a clap
A childhood experiment with sound-controlled lights became a career in teaching machines to understand people. Omilia’s co-founder is still working on the same problem, from bank calls to drive-through orders.
Ioannis Antonoglou Learned to Make Machines Play. Now He Wants Them to Work for Everyone.
The Reflection AI co-founder helped build AlphaGo, AlphaZero and MuZero. His next wager is that powerful AI agents should be open enough for others to inspect, adapt and run.
Konstantina Psoma Turned a Cathedral-Sized Headache Into Kaedim
A crashed laptop, a stubborn student project and six Y Combinator applications led from Athens to San Francisco. Her more useful lesson was simpler: when the AI fell short, put an artist in the loop.