Cris Lenta

Founder of Lifesim, Inc. - an AI gaming research lab building an open-world life simulator with emergent worlds. Backed by Founders Inc, San Francisco, and Paul Bragiel.

Previously:
  • My first Munich startup, OOVAL, got acqui-hired. 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, investigating how neural networks can self-replicate through backpropagation and analyzing emergent interactions in artificial chemistry environments - lead authors Thomas Gabor and Steffen Illium.
  • LMU Munich Undergrad in Computer Science and Statistics. Thesis: "Exploration of parameter boundaries in self-replicating artificial neural networks". Grade: 1.0 (100%). Thesis advisor: Steffen Illium.
  • Dropped out of my masters to build OOVAL.
  • Lived like an urban monk for 5 years - isolated from society, simulating life, deconstructing my own mind, meditating, while living in Munich.

  • 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.