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FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Forrest BriggsLifecastFounderWinter 2022ConsumerSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/LifecastI
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Forrest Briggs
Founder·Lifecast
This handle is the company’s account, listed on the founder profile — not a personal handle.
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchWinter 2022
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
Forrest (CEO at Lifecast) has a Ph.D. in machine learning and over 20 patents in VR video and AI perception systems. He previously developed computer-vision based VR video rendering software at Facebook, and was a tech lead at Lyft and Google X working on perception systems for self-driving cars and robots.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
LifecastSoftware to create 3D video for VR, robotics and film.
