Ian Thompson

Ian Thompson is the Founder and CEO of Latent Space, a company focused on building generative models for businesses and creatives.14 He founded Latent Space in September 2019.1 Prior to this, Thompson was the Founder of Angle Technologies from 2015 to 2019.12

Thompson has a diverse background in technology and entrepreneurship:

1. He worked as a Software Engineer at AltspaceVR from 2014 to 2015, helping create immersive social experiences in virtual reality.1

2. He co-founded Harvard Square Essays in 2009, an essay editing and admissions consulting company.1

3. From 2011 to 2014, he was a Game Developer and Artist at Robot Wombat LLC, developing independent games for mobile and virtual reality platforms.1

4. In 2013, he led the development of Chimera, an augmented reality application for iPhone and iPad.1

Thompson holds a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University.2 He is described as an engineer and researcher inspired by the "adjacent possible" - technologies about to have a significant impact on people's lives.3 His current focus is on simplifying and scaling multimodal representation learning to help build safe and creative AI.35