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Abundant intelligence. Unreasonably good ideas.
We're here to empower everyone to build in an age of abundant intelligence. Bring your curiosity, your taste and that idea you keep coming back to.
Powered by the best of modern AI
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Building the future of ownable, evolving AI agents](https://cloud.google.com/customers/chatandbuild)
ChatAndBuild is part of the NVIDIA Inception Program](https://www.nvidia.com/en-sg/startups/)
We're solving the intelligence trilemma
We're solving the intelligence trilemma: balancing intelligence, speed, and cost.
Living Brain is our AI memory layer, helping models remember and carry knowledge across tools. ChatChat is our no-code workspace to use Living Brain easily.
Products
- Living Brain
- Chatchat
Living Brain Chatchat Abundant Intelligence
A close-knit, flat team
We're a close-knit, flat team with backgrounds in technology, research, banking, law and government. Quite a few different routes to ending up here.
We like thoughtful work, lively disagreements and people who help without making a production of it. Everyone gets to ask questions, contribute ideas and take ownership.
We care a lot. About the product, the people using it and the people building it. We also intend to enjoy ourselves along the way.
Have good taste. Keep growing.
Notice what works, ask why, try something unexpected.
Play the long game, as a team.
Build trust, share credit and make each other better.
Give a damn about the details.
Like what happens when a person clicks twice. Try it.
Be willing to be the beginner.
Ask the obvious question. Change your mind as needed.
Care a lot. Enjoy the journey.
The product, the people and having fun along the way.
Built by excellent people
Christel Buchanan
Founder & CEO
Christel founded ChatAndBuild and created Living Brain. Previously Twitter’s tenth international hire, VP Asia at Brandwatch and an early team member at Zilliqa, with postgraduate studies in AI and Major Programme Management at the University of Oxford. Has strong opinions about memory, good taste and whether that button really needs to be there.
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Mark Nazarov
Evals & Benchmarking Lead
Mark puts Living Brain through its paces. Graduated from one of Russia’s leading high schools in Economics and Management (Lyceum by the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics). He holds a Diploma in Computer Science and Mathematics from MIPT, Russia’s best university in mathematics, physics and technology, and got a full scholarship to pursue Computer Science at Singapore Management University.
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Chelsea Li
Head of Operations
Chelsea is a Tsinghua graduate and Baker McKenzie Scholar with academic experience at UCLA. She’s pursuing a scholarship-funded joint PhD at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Singapore Management University. Her background spans law, finance and startup support. Keeping things moving is something of a theme.
Eric Festa
Head of Special Projects
Eric brings three decades of experience across technology, entrepreneurship and public policy. Previously a digital, cybersecurity and blockchain policy advisor to Italy’s Chamber of Deputies (Lower House of Parliament). He’s comfortable with complicated systems, including the ones involving people.
Ping An
Applied AI Leadership
Ping An leads applied AI research, bringing a sharp strategic mind to both AI and competitive gaming as a high-ranked Dota player. He studied computer science at Changchun University of Technology. Away from the screen, he channels that same focus and competitive spirit onto the football pitch, where he’s happiest taking on defenders.