Alex Wiltschko

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Osmo

Alex Wiltschko is Founder and CEO of Osmo, where he leads efforts to give machines a sense of smell. A serial entrepreneur at the intersection of AI and biology, Wiltschko previously served as a research leader at Google DeepMind. He has founded and exited two AI start-ups, Syllable (acquired by Neumora) and Whetlab (acquired by Twitter) and was named among Business Insider’s Top 100 People in AI. Wiltschko holds a PhD in olfactory neuroscience from Harvard University and has dedicated his career to exploring how AI can interface with the human sensory experience.

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