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THE COMPANY / LEADERSHIPTHE PURSUIT IS A TEAM EFFORT

Leadership at Dysthropic.

We are a multidisciplinary team of researchers, operators, product builders, and exceptionally confident decision-makers.

United by an unwavering belief that Artificial General Stupidity is the next great frontier—and that someone ought to lead the way.

Our research
DYSTHROPIC NS LABS
01 / RESEARCH & OPERATIONS

People who move
the frontier.

Vision and execution, working in improbable harmony.

Mario DemoDay, with blonde curls and glasses, seated in the Dysthropic office

CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Mario DemoDay

Building frontier models that are certain about almost everything.

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Mario leads research and engineering at Dysthropic, where he oversees the Whisper, Ramble, Rant and Rumor model family. His work focuses on scaling neural models, discovering new forms of emergent overconfidence, and making every training run sound like a scientific revolution.

Manuela Manny DemoDay, with blue eyes and dark hair, seated in the Dysthropic office

PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Manuela “Manny” DemoDay

Turning radical ambition into highly organized uncertainty.

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Manny runs the company while the research team debates what, exactly, it has discovered. She oversees operations, strategy and commercialization, ensuring that every breakthrough is translated into a roadmap, an all-hands meeting, and an increasingly ambitious launch date. Mario is her brother.

02 / EXECUTIVE TEAM

Conviction in
every discipline.

A leadership team that makes progress look inevitable.

Hare K, smiling in the Dysthropic office with a burger nearby

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Hare K

Measuring every breakthrough in dollars spent.

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Hare oversees capital allocation, financial operations, and the delicate distinction between burn rate and momentum. He believes the road to AGS can be financed with disciplined forecasting, ambitious fundraising, and a surprisingly robust lunch budget.

Blair Hypecycle, blonde, thoughtfully posed in the Dysthropic office

CHIEF BRAND OFFICER

Blair Hypecycle

Making tomorrow sound historic today.

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Blair leads the Dysthropic brand, communications and global narrative. She crafts the language that turns routine model updates into once-in-a-generation moments, while carefully preserving the mystique of achievements still under evaluation.

Riley Featureflag, smiling in the Dysthropic office in a black blazer

CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER

Riley Featureflag

Shipping the future, pending a few final toggles.

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Riley leads JeanClaude—known internally as Van Damme—and the product experiences powered by Dysthropic models. She steers releases from research to customers, bringing a rigorous commitment to velocity, selective testing, and the transformative potential of a well-timed feature flag.

03 / FROM THE LAB

Beyond the
org chart.

Occasional evidence that our people are in the same room.

A candid Dysthropic team portrait on wooden steps, featuring Mario and Manny
01 / BEHIND THE SCENESUnsupervised alignment.
Mario DemoDay and Manuela Manny DemoDay in conversation at a Dysthropic event
02 / ON STAGEA conversation about the frontier.
IN PURSUIT OF AGS

Great minds.
Worse outcomes.

The work continues. The confidence remains.

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