CO-FOUNDER and GENERAL PARTNER

A graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mr. Teagarden studied under Dr. Marvin Minsky in the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Dr. Ken Salisbury, currently at Stanford University, and was a close colleague of Dr. Doug Lenat of Cycorp.

He brings an extensive background and expertise in Deep/Machine Learning, Semantics, Robotics, Analytics, and Natural Language. Neville has built and deployed artificial intelligence systems across a variety of industries and companies, including Texas Instruments, Nabisco, Goldman Sachs & Co., JP Morgan Chase, Royal Dutch Shell, and many more. He has also held CIO/CTO-type roles with Janus Capital, Navigant International, and Prologis.

After his corporate tenure, he co-founded and successfully exited an AI software company based in Austin, TX. In 2016, he co-founded AI Capital to capitalize on a vision of investing in early growth stage, enterprise applied AI software companies.

EDUCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MANAGING PARTNER, NORTH AMERICA

Trained as a stem cell scientist, Elizabeth Cook did her undergrad at MIT, and Masters and PhD studies at the University of Cambridge, England. Elizabeth then moved to the startup space where she ran one of MIT’s early accelerator programs, launching 35 tech and biotech companies.

She is an avid member of the MIT entrepreneurial ecosystem, working with faculty and students on new companies. She helped launch MIT.nano, a shared $100M research center designed to ensure the MIT community can freely contribute to nano research. She also founded Castor Ventures, an MIT focus fund, known for its powerful networks within the MIT alumni community. She was a partner at Anheuser-Busch-Inbev’s venture group where she ran the synthetic biology portfolio, investing in the future of food and fermentation. 

Elizabeth joined the AI Capital team in 2018. Projects with AI Capital include a deep dive into AI healthcare from the perspective of an interim CEO.

EDUCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge

MANAGING DIRECTOR, NORTH AMERICA

Mr. Maus has directed and advised institutions, corporations, and individuals for more than 20 years in capital markets, including institutional trading, investment banking, and wealth management.

His role and activities at AI Capital cover all aspects of deal execution, including deal sourcing, diligence, financial modeling, and valuation analysis.

Andy worked for bulge bracket firms BT Alex Brown, Deutsche Bank, and Bear Stearns & Co. across multiple disciplines encompassing fixed income, equity derivatives, and wealth management.

As an investment banker he focused on healthcare and energy, working with several companies to apply AI solutions to their businesses. He received his MBA from Johns Hopkins University, Carey School of Business and holds FINRA Licenses Series 7 and 63.

EDUCATION: University of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

MANAGING PARTNER | COO

A third-generation native of Colorado, Scott has been in the financial services business for over three decades. With more than 25 years of advising mass affluent and ultra high net worth families on wealth creation, wealth preservation, and wealth transfer, he has an intimate understanding of the importance and mechanics of managing wealth across generations.

His early college studies in computer science led him to discover and write about artificial intelligence in the late 1980’s.

Scott brings a well-rounded perspective to the firm’s strategy, including capital formation, investor relations, marketing, regulatory compliance, and overall operations.

Beginning in 1998, he held Series 7, 24, 63, and 65 (active) Securities Licenses, along with an active Colorado Insurance Producer License. After studying computer science as a college freshman, he later earned a B.B.A. in Business Management with concentrations in Economics and Finance from Colorado Mesa University.

EDUCATION: Colorado Mesa University

CO-FOUNDER and ADVISORY PARTNER

A co-founder of both AI Capital and Agorai Ltd., Josh is currently the CEO of Syndesis Health, one of Agorai’s companies. He is also an advisory partner of AI Capital. Previous to AI Capital and Agorai, he held a succession of roles with increasing responsibility at Sapient over more than two decades.

During his tenure, Josh served as the Global Head of Data and Artificial Intelligence. In this role he was responsible for leveraging big data tools, correlation-based AI platforms, and causal-based AI platforms to help notable clients such as The Bank of England, Goldman Sachs & Co., and Google transform their businesses.

He was also a member of corporate venture capital investment committee of the firm. In this role, he was involved in the diligence of over 100 venture capital transactions. He was instrumental in the $3.7B all cash sale of Sapient to Publicis Groupe in 2015, creating Publicis.Sapient.

Educated at MIT, Mr. Sutton is a widely recognized expert and sought-after speaker on the transformative potential of data and artificial intelligence across sectors. His expertise is regularly featured in leading publications such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Inc., Ad Age, and CNBC. He engages audiences at industry conferences, seminars, and webinars with his innovative ideas and practical strategies for data-driven success and digital business transformation.

EDUCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ADVISOR

Dr. Havasi has co-founded and led multiple AI-focused entities, including Luminoso Technologies, where she served as CEO for seven years. Catherine is also a speaker and thought leader in artificial intelligence. In recent years, she has been named by Fast Company as one of the ‘100 Most Creative People in Business’ as well as one of Boston Business Journal’s ’40 Under 40.”

In 1999, Havasi became involved in Open Mind Common Sense as cofounder with Marvin Minsky and Push Singh, also serving as its director. Havasi then led a team at MIT Media Lab to create ConceptNet, an open-source semantic network based on the information in the OMCS database. In 2010, Havasi was among the team that founded Luminoso, a text analytics software company to build on the work of ConceptNet.

She is co-author of more than 40 peer-reviewed publications on AI and language.

EDUCATION: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ADVISOR

Gene is a Strategic Advisor to AI Capital LLC. He was previously Managing Director and partner of Warburg Pincus & Co. (New York), the global venture capital firm, where he was also president and regulatory officer of Warburg Pincus Funds, a $10 Billion series of ‘40 Act funds and Chairman of Warburg Pincus Asset Management, Dublin and Tokyo.

Gene was also a partner and member of the Board of Directors of Wasatch Global Advisors, an SEC-registered investment advisor in Salt Lake City from 2001-2016. Gene is currently an Industry Advisor to Cross Creek Ventures in Salt Lake City. He also serves and has served on private and public Advisory and is currently Special Limited Partner of Clearbrook Sports Fund. He has served on numerous Corporate and Advisory Boards of Directors, including 5 Star Background Checks Inc. (Boston) and has led several private investment investments and acquisitions.

Gene is currently a trustee of the of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and holds a B.S. Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

EDUCATION: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

ADVISOR

Jeff is a partner of Origin Rose, a boutique R&D firm focused on AI, machine learning, algorithm design, data science strategy and consulting. Previously, he was Founder and CEO of ThinkTopic, a software consultancy specializing in data science, machine learning, computer vision, distributed systems, and custom application development. Prior to ThinkTopic he was the first research engineer at DeepMind and worked there through DeepMind’s acquisition by Google in 2014 for ~$600M, which set off the early hypergrowth in AI technology. Mr. Rose's expertise is in operating systems, algorithms, neural networks, image processing and information retrieval.

His academic training began with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Computer Science from The University of Colorado, Boulder (CU). He continued as a Ph.D. candidate at La Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (University of Lugano) focused on large scale distributed algorithms for peer-to-peer networks. Later, he studied at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with the opportunity to conduct research in the distributed systems group led by globally recognized experts, Professors Spyros Voulgaris and Maarten van Steen.

EDUCATION: University of Colorado, Universitá della Svizzera Italiana, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

IN MEMORIAM

AI Capital was co-founded in 2016 by MIT alumni Neville Teagarden and Josh Sutton, along with Zane Heninger, an alumnus of Utah State University. In 1999 Zane earned his MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Prior to AI Capital, Mr. Heninger was responsible for all investments made by Booth Creek Management, a Colorado single family office. Previous to Booth Creek, he was an investment banker in New York, Miami, and Dallas with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and then in Denver with Lehman Brothers.

“Zaner” as he was often called, passed suddenly in the summer of 2019.

AI Capital was his swan song. His kind spirit, generous heart, exceptional wit, and wry sense of humor is a guiding light for our firm.