Dan has been passionate about the intersection of computer science and neuroscience since he graduated from Stanford in 2005. Since then he has built two successful companies and gained the right experience to prepare him to lead this third, and most ambitious, endeavor.

In 2010, he co-founded Optimizely, a platform to democratize the scientific method. He grew it to 450 employees and $120 million in annual recurring revenue, a B2B software business with thousands of customers, some paying more than $1 million a year, and sold it for $300 million.

In 2018, he co-founded the Mind Emulation Foundation to fund and conduct scientific research in order to accelerate our path toward human mind emulation.

In 2020, he co-founded Limitless, a consumer AI hardware company whose Pendant was one of the most successful AI wearables in the world. He led a team that built hardware for 1/100 of the cost and 1/5 of the time that companies like Meta spend on hardware. Meta acquired Limitless in 2025.

Dan has raised over $250 million in venture capital from top-tier investors like a16z, Benchmark, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, and Sam Altman.

To the extent that Dan has been successful in his career it is because he has recruited a world-class team of experts in different fields and created a culture that enables them to reach their full potential.