LorenssĀ Martinsons
Founder at HUD (YC W25)
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLorenss Martinsons is the founder of HUD (YC W25), based in San Francisco, combining cognitive science insight with hands-on AI and product leadership. With eight years of experience, he has contributed to AI interpretability and alignment at Hume AI and led development efforts at Yale Computer Society, RealmAI, and various web projects. He earned a BS in Cognitive Science from Yale, and his research spans cognitive and neural computation as well as computational linguistics. Beyond engineering, he is periodically an artist, filmmaker, and composer, bringing a creative, human-centered perspective to technology. He is open to coffee conversations about natural intelligence, the human condition, and flowers, reflecting a curiosity-driven approach to leadership and product vision. This blend of rigorous research, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and creative practice positions him to drive innovative AI products at the intersection of usability, ethics, and user experience.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Cognitive Science at Yale UniversityInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, High School Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma, High School Diploma at Riga State Gymnasium No.1
English, Latvian
Github Skills (2)
des3
python1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Human-Data/hud-sdk
Mar 2025 - Apr 2025
HUD SDK
Contributions:11 releases, 4 PRs, 53 pushes in 28 days
Passiday/R1G-Websocket
May 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:11 PRs, 51 pushes, 6 branches in 1 month
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