Team
Blake Borgeson | Owner
Blake was formerly an internet and biotech entrepreneur and a Nature-published computational biologist, and is now a donor and strategist in AI safety and serves on MIRI's board of directors. Blake previously co-founded BuildASign.com, which has revenues today in the $100Ms, then earned a PhD applying ML to biological problems at UT Austin. He then co-founded Recursion Pharmaceuticals, where he still serves on the board. Recursion applies ML to its millions of in-house automated cellular experiments to understand diseases and discover treatments. Recursion has raised around $900M from public and private investors since its 2013 founding, going to the public markets with its IPO in April 2021. In 2018, Blake shifted his efforts from biotech into AI safety and other efforts to mitigate existential risks and create a vibrant future for humanity.
Jerry Sun | Managing Partner
Jerry was most recently the VP of Technical Operations at Recursion Pharmaceuticals. Before that, he worked on a series of startups, most notably serving as the CIO and CMO of BuildASign.com from 2006-2015 where he helped grow the engineering, product management, and marketing team. Prior to joining BuildASign.com, Jerry held consulting roles for leading technology companies including Salesforce.com and Hitachi. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from The University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Chelsea Sun | Managing Partner
Chelsea has worked in multiple corners of startup, tech, and CPG, including BuildASign.com, where she helped grow the company, for six years, from 7 people to over 150, nearly $100M in revenue and operations in four countries. She received national press for her small business efforts and has served in multiple non-profit board and committee roles. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Davidson College with concentrations in Film & Media and Studio Art. Chelsea is passionate about working with a team, clients, and community whose mission is to do good work with compassion.