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Jan Liphardt

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Founder at OpenMind
📍 Stanford, California, United States

Jan Liphardt is the Founder of OpenMind, a company focused on creating an open-source intelligence infrastructure for robotics. He combines his entrepreneurial role with his position as an Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and previously taught physics at UC Berkeley, showcasing a deep background in both academia and cutting-edge technology.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Stanford, California, United States
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Future of Robotics
Founder of OpenMind, which recently raised $20M to build an open, decentralized coordination layer for all intelligent machines, describing it as the "connective tissue the robotics industry has been missing. "
Decentralized Systems
He has a strong interest in blockchain applications, having taught a course at Stanford called "Beyond Bitcoin: Applications of Distributed Trust" and spoken at the Science of Blockchain Conference.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Founder
OpenMind
1-2017
Professor in Residence
StartX
2013
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Stanford University
2004 - 2013
Associate Professor of Physics
UC Berkeley
In the press

Media appearances

Jan on OpenMind's Vision – Web3 with Sam Kamani. Featured in Amazon Music Podcast (Web3 with Sam Kamani)
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Building the Android for Robots | Jan Liphardt, founder of OpenMind. Featured in Buzzsprout
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Education
Biodesign Faculty Fellows Program
Stanford University
1996 - 1999
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of Cambridge
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