Nikos Tzagkarakis

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DISC Type : C

Cognition, A.I. Director at Collective Intelligence Group

London, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Nikos Tzagkarakis is an A. I. Director at Collective Intelligence Group and the Founder of StarBayes Systems, a platform for space missions. He is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded Intoolab and created Tzager, the first Bayesian Inference engine. He holds an MBA and an AWS Machine Learning certification and is known for being a "valuable team player".

Nikos is deeply engaged with the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence, particularly the nature of consciousness as an emergent quality of agents. He actively explores this through his research and by participating in scientific discussions, questioning the future of AI and its relationship with human identity.

He is a vocal critic of the growing focus on A. I. for military applications, advocating for more ethical considerations within the entrepreneurial community.

Personality Overview

Information Seeker

Negotiator

ROI Driven

They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.  They enjoy working alone and do not rely on others very often. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data.

Topics They Care About

AI & Consciousness
Explores consciousness as an emergent quality in agents, presenting on topics like "Cognitive Carrying Capacity" at scientific conferences and questioning the nature of a copied mind.
Bayesian Networks
A core focus of his career; he created Tzager, the first Bayesian Inference engine, and his new venture StarBayes relies heavily on this probabilistic reasoning technology.
Neurosymbolic AI
Actively pursues research reconciling Deep Learning (perception) with graphical frameworks like Bayesian Networks (cognition) to build more advanced AI architectures.

Media Appearances

Nikos has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2024
Cognition, A.I. Director at Collective Intelligence Group
8-2023
Founder at StarBayes Systems
6-2023 - 1-2024
Chief A.I. Officer at SiSaf Ltd
5-2022 - 3-2023
Chief AI Officer at Metanomic™
6-2016 - 5-2022
Chief Executive Officer at Intoolab

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD (Dropped Out) from The Open University
2014 - 2016
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Canterbury Christ Church University

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Insights For Selling To Nikos

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin while sharing pricing, they are likely to negotiate later
  • Be ready for penetrating questions and critical examination of your pitch
  • Leverage facts and figures wherever possible; use percentages, numbers etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them
  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Make extra effort to not seem pushy or confrontational

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nikos is

  • Strong evidence of ROI, effective pricing, and proven data points matter the most to them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nikos

  • It is not very hard for them to say no if they are not convinced about the decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nikos move?

  • They are neither the fastest nor the slowest decision makers, they are somewhere in the middle.
  • Can Nikos take some risk or not?

  • They can bear some risk if their analysis backs the decision.

You And Nikos

Personality Compatibility


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