Ian Hamilton

About Ian Hamilton

I\'m a material scientist, nuclear engineer, and entrepreneur. I have over 10 years of hard technology development and technical management experience and am an expert at thermionic energy conversion. I have founded multiple startups, raised both dilutive and non-dilutive funding, and ran multiple research and development projects. I also provide consulting services in thermionic energy conversion, nuclear power systems, thermal energy harvesting, startups, fundraising, and even video game development. More recently, I founded an AI research company called Synthetic Cognition Labs where we develop non-LLM AI technologies.

Experience

1. CEO and Co-founder

   Synthetic Cognition Labs

   Feb 2024 — Present · Vancouver, WA, US

   Synthetic Cognition Labs is a deep tech startup focusing on researching, developing, and commercializing the foundational building blocks of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). We\'re developing components like memory, perception (world models), language learning, reasoning, and more.

Education

• Purdue University

  Engineering, Materials Science Engineering

  2011 — 2015

• Purdue University

  Master's degree, Nuclear Engineering

  2015 — 2017

• University of Saint Francis

  ENG 101, Rhetoric and Composition

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Social Media
• Microsoft Office
• Excel
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Technical Writing
• Mac Os X
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Engineering
• Cad
• Data Analysis
• Word
• Research
• Inventor
• Matlab
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Steel
• Public Speaking