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Meet the AI researchers, business & operational professionals, software engineers, and data scientists behind Haldune and our commitment to IA: Intelligence Amplification.

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Operational Team

Sawiros Abebe
Sawiros Abebe
Co-Founder & CTO
CS & AI, UChicago
Firas Hashmi
Firas Hashmi
Co-Founder, President & Chief Product Officer
Physics & AI, UChicago
Michael Ortiz-Benz
Michael Ortiz-Benz
Chief Business Officer
Documentarian, BA in Political Science, UChicago (2025)
Jared Canty
Jared Canty
Senior Software Engineer
MS in Computational Analysis and Public Policy, UChicago (2025)
John Rugemalila
John Rugemalila
Full Stack Development Intern

Advisors

Jay Parrish
Jay Parrish
Advisor
Former Green Beret; MPP, UChicago (2025)
Yawar Shah
Yawar Shah
Advisor
Former Chairman of SWIFT, Former Managing Director at Citi
Andrew Bezaitis
Andrew Bezaitis
Advisor
Principal, Apopleo, Inc.
Yun Zhao
Yun Zhao
Advisor, Cybersecurity Auditor
Senior Information Security Engineer, Mastercard, MBA Chicago Booth (2026)

Research Advisory Board

We're announcing our first members soon