Bill Lesieur Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Center of Excellence on Human-centered Global EconomyWorking Groups: Applied AI, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Governance, Sustainability, and Policy

Burlington, Vermont, Us

Gaingels is amongst the largest investors in the world aiming to deliver consistently above-market returns, while increasing visibility, representation, and access for all underrepresented communities in venture capital. Gaingels co-invests with select venture capital leads in companies resolved on building diverse and inclusive teams. We seek to drive top returns while influencing the ecosystem and representing the LGBTQ community, its allies, and a diverse group of investors within the capital stack of its portfolio companies.

Mountain View, California, Us

Groq is Fast AI InferenceThe LPU Inference Engine by Groq is a hardware and software platform that delivers exceptional compute speed, quality, and energy efficiency.

Cologny, Geneva, Ch

The Global Foresight Network aims to support a global community of practice across public and private sectors that can serve as an incubator to accelerate and advance the practice of foresight and future preparedness.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Figure AI is shaping the future of AI-powered humanoid robots. While there is a healthy debate about general-purpose AI humanoids versus task-designed robotics, let's assume there will be a combination of diverse approaches, including AI humanoids managing task-designed robots! And let's think about Fathom Radiant, a combination of next-generation hardware for breakthrough AI development, and Humane AI Pin, the next-generation standalone device creating consumer and business AI-driven experiences.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

The Humane Ai Pin is a new type of standalone device with a software platform that harnesses the power of AI to enable innovative personal computing experiences. The connected and intelligent clothing-based wearable device uses a range of sensors that enable contextual and ambient compute interactions.

Boulder, Co, Us

Next generation hardware for breakthrough AI development: optical interconnection hardware to enable the future of safe machine intelligenceThough artificial intelligence may be the key to a prosperous and flourishing future, it also poses significant risks. Fathom Radiant was founded using first-principles thinking to build hardware that can enable artificial general intelligence for the benefit of all.As a public benefit corporation, the organization is bound by our charter to help mitigate the risks that our technology creates and ensure that its benefits are shared by all.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the multibillion-dollar clean-tech initiative created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, lead the $65 million funding round to back Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space’s effort to create a new breed of fully reusable rockets — and there’s a climate change angle.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Xplore provides Space as a Service, offering data products, sensor tasking, mission operations software and payload hosting as a service to their customers. Xplore uses its highly-capable XCRAFT platform to provide these services to government and commercial customers.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Alloy Therapeutics is the leading platform - ecosystem - driven biotechnology company dedicated to empowering scientists in the relentless pursuit of making better medicines for all. To this end, Alloy seeks to democratize access to foundational drug discovery platforms and services to scientists worldwide.Originally funded by family offices and two visionary venture capital firms: Thiel Capital and 8VC.

Mountain View , California , Us

Washington, Dc, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Mathison is the first talent marketplace to bridge the gap between underrepresented communities and forward-thinking employers.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Legalpad is on a mission to connect global talent with opportunity and fundamentally change how people get work visas.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

StartOut’s mission is to increase the number, diversity, and impact of LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and amplify their stories to drive the economic empowerment of the community. The StartOut community includes a mentorship program, investor network, and the StartOut Growth Lab (accelerator).

Us

The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed business incubator focused on accelerating startups whose revenue comes from enterprises.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Research on the on-demand economy, platform business models, public/private policy, AI policy, labor law, and future of work and society in the digital economy.

New York, Ny, Us

* Impact Investing and Community Builder* Purpose and Profit-Driven Startups Solving Global Challenges

San Francisco, California, Us

Planet is driven by a mission to image all of Earth's landmass every day, and make global change visible, accessible and actionable.Planet revolutionized the earth observation industry with the highest frequency satellite data commercially available. Planet’s data is transforming the way companies and governments use satellite imagery data, delivering insights at the daily pace of change on earth.

Established Capgemini as the first Corporate Affiliate Member of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and HAI (Human-Centered AI) program.

Paris, France, Fr

Open Innovation, Corporate-to-Startup Matchmaking, & Corporate Venturing.Established Capgemini as the first Corporate Affiliate Member of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and HAI (Human-Centered AI) program.

Redwood City, California, Us

Global 1000 Corporate Venture Capital advisory & consulting.

Dublin 2, Ie

Introduced Foresight Thinking to the company as the leading expert & championInnovation-as-a-Service, Incubation, and Corporate-to-Startup MatchmakingCo-created Accenture's first 'futures' innovation program from a combined social, technology, environmental, economic,and geopolitical perspective * Core theme: creating sustainable and equitable futures * C-level sustainable innovation programs and multi-client/partner initiatives: insight to foresight to actionCreated Accenture's Shaping the Future Program* Purpose, people, & planet driven multi-stakeholder program* Strategy, business models, impact measurement (IRIS/SDG), stakeholder ecosystem mapping, and systemic change

*Research consulting and industry advisory*Launched during the first wave of 'Clean Tech 1.0' *Corporate sustainability and ESG*Sustainability and Clean Tech venture and startup advisory

C-level consulting, research, and advisory on open innovation, corporate development, tech spaces (startups), industry 'pain points', and corporate venturing programs.Designed an Open Innovation and CVC platform for launching and managing venture programs: organizational structures, strategic vs financial models, startup due diligence, and bridging the corporate-to-vc worlds.

Hampton, Nh, Us

Hampton, Nh, Us

Designed, launched, and developed multiple research practices and advisory programs. Programs included financial modeling; M&A and startup due diligence; and build-buy-borrow.Established a client base of the top global technology, telecom, and semiconductor firms. Managed client relationships in all regions worldwide.

Visiting Scientist & Research Fellow, On-Demand Economy, Platform Business Models, Public Policy, Labor Law, And Future Of Work

Graduate Certificate, Sustainable Development

Mba, Executive Mba

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