About Us
Based in the heart of London, we are a deep-tech startup with a strong background in neuroscience and robotics.
We are bringing Active Inference to market as a novel framework for autonomous decision-making. To contend with the challenges of contemporary AIs, our distinct approach aims to offer true intelligence with critical human explainability and reliability.
Founded in 2021, our team of engineers and scientists lead responsible development programs that build on academic partnerships within the UK.
Our Mission
Stanhope AI aims to alter the course of AI design by proffering Active Inference models to engineering systems – plugging our model of the brain into a machine. We believe the fastest way to market adoption is by visualizing the generalizability, power efficiency and robustness of our technological solution in autonomous systems.
Founders
Prof. Rosalyn Moran
CEO
Professor Moran is a professor of Computational Neuroscience with a focus on developing the application of The Free Energy Principle to Artificial Intelligence.
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Professor Rosalyn Moran is a professor of Computational Neuroscience.
She was the deputy director of King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and deputy head of the Department of Neuroimaging at King’s College London, where her group led the development of the Free Energy Principle for application to artificial intelligence.
She has also held faculty positions in Engineering Mathematics, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Neurobiology at the University of Bristol and Virginia Tech.
After 20 years of research, Rosalyn founded Stanhope AI as a vehicle to apply her findings to real-world situations and contribute towards improvements and innovations in AI adaptability, functionality and efficiency.
Prof. Karl Friston
Director
Professor Friston is a professor of Theoretical Neurobiology at the Institute of Neurology at University College London.
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Professor Friston is a professor of Theoretical Neurobiology at the Institute of Neurology at University College London, where he works on models of functional integration in the human brain and the principles that underlie neuronal interactions.
His main contribution to theoretical neurobiology is a free-energy principle for action and perception (active inference).
He invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM), and voxel-based morphometry (VBM).
Dr. Biswa Sengupta
Technical Advisor
Dr Sengupta is an engineer and theoretical computer scientist by training with over 20 years of experience in Artificial Intelligence.
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Dr Biswa Sengupta is Managing Director for the AI Products and Cloud Platform in the Corporate & Investment Bank at J.P. Morgan, where he oversees the development of AI products and the management of the associated cloud infrastructure.
His education includes a PhD in dynamical systems/ optimisation/ energy efficiency from the University of Cambridge and further training in Bayesian machine learning and differential geometry from University College London.
Biswa is a distinguished senior technical executive with extensive experience leading various ventures across the artificial intelligence landscape, from start-ups to global corporations such as AXA XL, Huawei, Zebra, and J.P. Morgan.
He has demonstrated a hands-on approach to team leadership, and his expertise in incubating commercially viable products utilising advanced technologies such as computer vision, natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and robotics is highly regarded.
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