Omi Iyamu · Personal DossierVol. XVII · 2026 Edition
A Biography in Progress

Omi
Iyamu.

San Francisco · Dubai · Remote
Est. 2008
Plate I- The Author

Turning advanced AI research into products that ship, across health, payments, legal, hiring, and the creative economy.

Senior technology and AI executive with 17+ years of experience leading product, engineering, and research teams across Google, high‑growth startups, and my own ventures, from Google Brain to Panio, Ava AI, Geoffrey, Pericls, and a handful of things still in stealth.

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Currently
CTO · Panio
AI & product for canine longevity
Advisor · Independent
AI strategy, governance, org design
Co‑Founder · Pericls
Regulatory compliance intelligence
Contents
IProjects
Founded, led, advised, built
IIUser Manual
How I work
IIIThe Brief
Weekly newsletter on AI
IVBlog
Long‑form essays
VPress & Talks
Forbes, Dubai AI Week, Stanford
VIBooks
Writing in progress
VIIInterests
Music, chess, scotch
VIIIContact
Advisory, partnership, press
§ I, Selected Work

Projects - a partial index

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Founded2025-
Pericls
Co‑Founder
AI‑powered regulatory compliance intelligence for fintech.
Founded2024-
Geoffrey
Co‑Founder
Luxury home operations concierge for high‑income households. Your home, handled.
Led2025-
Panio
CTO
AI health & longevity platform for dogs.
Founded2023-2025
Ava AI
Co‑Founder & CEO
Generative interviewing at enterprise scale.
Advised2023-2024
JustiGuide
AI Consultant
Retrieval + multi‑agent legal AI for US asylum.
Founded2025-
Hiveclaw
Founder
Multi‑agent orchestration platform built on OpenClaw.
§ II, Timeline
A few moments I keep coming back to.
2026
Dubai AI Week
Spoke as part of the Nigerian Delegation on the future of AI across Africa.
2025
Joined Panio as CTO
Moved into longevity biotech, turning a test‑kit business into an AI‑native platform.
2023
Founded Ava AI
Generative interviewing. Closed Spotify as an anchor client.
2021
Stanford · Web3 & the Future of Finance
Panel at Stanford, first time sharing the stage with my wife.
2021
CPTO at Artist Crowdfund Exchange
Scaled product and engineering from 1 to 69.
2019
Product Lead, Google Brain (now DeepMind)
Led Magenta, generative models for creativity.
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