Mandela Patrick, PhD

Mandela Patrick is the Chief Executive Officer of vybe, a company at the intersection of AI and creativity.1 He holds a PhD from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, specializing in computer vision and AI.3

Prior to founding vybe, Mandela's career included:

• CEO of Optimatik (May 2023 - Present)1
• Growth Lead and Machine Learning Researcher at PiñataFarms (July 2021 - March 2023)1
• AI Consultant at Mosaic Ventures (January 2020 - July 2021)1
• Visiting AI Researcher at Meta (October 2019 - July 2021)1

Mandela's educational background includes:

• PhD from the University of Oxford3
• Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Computer Science from Harvard University2

He has published research in major AI/ML conferences and his work has been cited over 1000 times.3 Mandela is originally from Trinidad and Tobago and has represented his country in squash at both junior and senior levels.2