Sean Gourley is the founder and former CEO of Primer, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company. Previously, he was CTO of Quid, a data visualisation company he co-founded in 2009. Prior to Quid, Gourley worked on self-repairing nanocircuits at NASA. He holds a PhD in physics from Oxford, where his research as a Rhodes Scholar focused on complex systems and the mathematical patterns underlying modern war. This research was published on the cover of Nature.
He is a two-time New Zealand track and field champion. Gourley serves as an independent board director for SERKO (ASX:SKO) and was previously a member of the board of directors at Anadarko (NYSE: APC). He is an investor in deep technology startups and is a TED Fellow.