Our Team
Dave King, Co-founder/CEO
Dave King is an award-winning creator, inventor and innovator. He has spent 20 years imagining and creating product, media and technology while along the way founding and growing the highly-regarded creativity and technology company, The Royals.
In creating and conducting extensive R&D programs with universities and corporate labs, he’s come to the belief that the emergent technologies at the intersection of AI and language, will change the way approach critical thinking, knowledge acquisition and creativity. Dave is passionately optimistic that augmented intelligence applications can help human and machine achieve much more than either could alone.
Pan Demosthenous, Co-founder/CTO
Pan Demosthenous is an experienced technology leader. His work over decades has ranged from leading the development of set-top and mobile applications for millions of people at Sky UK to building and advising early stage start-ups.
Since 2016, Pan has been focused on machine learning and language technology. Through collaborations with industry experts and academia, he has conducted research and development to harness the power of these rapidly evolving capabilities. His goal is to apply these technologies to help people solve real-world challenges, to enhance our lives as individuals and maximise positive impact on society.
Nic Hodges, Principal
Nic Hodges works at the intersection of technology, media and culture. With over two decades of experience in digital, Nic has held senior roles at leading agencies including M&C Saatchi, Clemenger BBDO and MediaCom, led commercial innovation at News Corp and Foxtel, and founded media technology startup Robot Deputy.
Nic is a frequent commentator on the future impact of technology on people and business. He has written for Wired and Forbes magazines, presented keynotes at conferences in Australia, Asia, Europe and the US, and has written code that is now in the National Archive of Australia.
Nic sits on the board of several Australian technology companies, is Chair of Startup Victoria, and Non-Executive Director of Creating Australia and Cultural Development Network.