Cris Lenta

Founder of a stealth AI-native gaming company. We build an open-world life simulator with emergent worlds. Backed by Founders Inc, San Francisco, and Paul Bragiel (Roblox, Unity, Uber, Niantic).

Previously:
  • My first startup, OOVAL (Munich), got acqui-hired, after I dropped out of my masters to build it. Largest customer was top 15 globally in the industry.
  • Co-author in two AI research papers, as an undergrad, published at MIT Press (Artificial Life Journal), and IEEE Xplore. We investigated how neural networks can self-replicate through backpropagation - lead authors Thomas Gabor and Steffen Illium.
  • LMU Munich (best German university) graduate in Computer Science and Statistics. Thesis: Exploration of parameter boundaries in self-replicating artificial neural networks, Grade: 100%, Thesis advisor: Steffen Illium.
  • In my early 20s I used to meditate 8h per day
  • I dance a lot.

  • Three things I believe are true:
  • The future of humanity will be asymmetrically influenced by two main pillars: technology & inner work. I love being at the cutting edge of both.
  • Dream big. Act small. Be humble. Dedicate your life to making dreams real.
  • I am an idealist and an optimist, because the need to know is bigger than our ego.