Altera

Welcome to Altera, Shankha! Shankha joins?Altera after completing a PhD at MIT where he worked on graph algorithms in sub-linear models of computation. In a past life, he dabbled in competitive programming and represented India as a two time IOI medalist. Outside the world of bits and algorithms, Shankha occasionally engages in wacky mechanical projects like designing and building a roller coaster

Read more about how we're working with OpenAI to solve the biggest problem facing agents -- long term progression. https://lnkd.in/e5QVRxmw

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We gave our agents access to Google Sheets and they are collaborating better and better in Minecraft. Turns out productivity tools are good for agents too. https://lnkd.in/e_CdWBtB

We gave our agents access to google docs and it's starting to make them better at Minecraft. They are taking notes on everyone's accomplishments and collaborating to update their goals from there.

Welcome to the team Dr. Peter Wang! Peter joins us as our Founding Scientist after working as a post-doctoral fellow in Karl Deisseroth’s lab at Stanford and as an AI resident at Google X. He holds a PhD in Neurobiology from Columbia University where he was advised by Nobel laureate Richard Axel. Peter will be making our agents more human than ever. Welcome aboard!

Our investment partner Amber Atherton discussing Altera’s digital human beings on Bloomberg. “It’s very rare as an investor you get to witness a paradigm shift in terms of how humans will interact with computers — AI is not replacing humans, it’s augmenting humans and bringing a new dimension of fun into so many interactions.”