Amir Elaguizy has books about neural networks from the ’60s.
The 42-year-old serial entrepreneur doesn’t believe that being younger means you’re more AI-native. Elaguizy emailed with Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” before Hinton started working at Google. He’s been learning about AI’s roots for decades.
“For me, AI is a continuum,” he said. “I watched it the whole time. It’s not like it came online for me in 2022.”
For Elaguizy, his age is a perk. It’s a sign to investors that he’s serious and knows how to build a business. (Elaguizy sold his first company to Zynga in 2011.) It also shows that he’s dogged, he said, and not taking his…
