Alex Wiltschko

to mentor and to grow as a scientist and i'm indebted to them for taking the time and uh kind of taking me in a raw form and helping mold me into a scientist and then i you know i moved from academic science into industry into entrepreneurship

to mentor and to grow as a scientist and i'm indebted to them for taking the time and uh kind of taking me in a raw form and helping mold me into a scientist and then i you know i moved from academic science into industry into entrepreneurship

And there I have a number of people to thank as well as Ryan Adams, first of all, for taking a bet on me to co-found a company with him, which we ultimately sold to Twitter. And then when I moved to Google Brain, Dee Scully, with really no reason, believed in this idea of digitizing olfaction before anybody else did at Google Brain. And then Jeff Dean,

And there I have a number of people to thank as well as Ryan Adams, first of all, for taking a bet on me to co-found a company with him, which we ultimately sold to Twitter. And then when I moved to Google Brain, Dee Scully, with really no reason, believed in this idea of digitizing olfaction before anybody else did at Google Brain. And then Jeff Dean,

saw what we were doing and said, you know what, this weird little thing, let's just let this flower grow. Let's see how it goes. And so Jeff was instrumental in kind of giving us cover or a force field just to grow this very delicate young idea into what it's become today.

saw what we were doing and said, you know what, this weird little thing, let's just let this flower grow. Let's see how it goes. And so Jeff was instrumental in kind of giving us cover or a force field just to grow this very delicate young idea into what it's become today.

And then when we converted from an industrial research project and we decided that the right way to scale this was a company, a whole new cast of characters took a bet as well, where there was really not a lot of evidence that they should have. I'm thinking of Andy Palmer, who believed, first of all, that I could do it. And when I wasn't really sure that I could...

And then when we converted from an industrial research project and we decided that the right way to scale this was a company, a whole new cast of characters took a bet as well, where there was really not a lot of evidence that they should have. I'm thinking of Andy Palmer, who believed, first of all, that I could do it. And when I wasn't really sure that I could...

Krishna Yeshwant, who was there every single step of the way, both when I was inside of Google and then when it spun out the company, Josh Wolf for playing the instrumental role of I mean, what his tagline at his fund is, is we believe before others understand. And he lived that very, very deeply with me to bring Osmo to life.

Krishna Yeshwant, who was there every single step of the way, both when I was inside of Google and then when it spun out the company, Josh Wolf for playing the instrumental role of I mean, what his tagline at his fund is, is we believe before others understand. And he lived that very, very deeply with me to bring Osmo to life.

And then more recently, Colin Byrne at Two Sigma Ventures has been following along with the story and has just been an incredible cheerleader and continues to bet on the company. Look, this is my board. These are the people that bet on me and they're involved in actually growing the company. And I'm super grateful that those people are one in the same. So, you know, look, I'm leaving people out.

And then more recently, Colin Byrne at Two Sigma Ventures has been following along with the story and has just been an incredible cheerleader and continues to bet on the company. Look, this is my board. These are the people that bet on me and they're involved in actually growing the company. And I'm super grateful that those people are one in the same. So, you know, look, I'm leaving people out.

There's so many other people to thank, but it's just these little moments where people say yes, that can make all the difference.

There's so many other people to thank, but it's just these little moments where people say yes, that can make all the difference.

Patrick, thank you so much. It's so fun to bring you here to the lab to show you what we do, to kind of share this passion. And I hope we can do it again soon sometime.

Patrick, thank you so much. It's so fun to bring you here to the lab to show you what we do, to kind of share this passion. And I hope we can do it again soon sometime.