Leo Grady, PhD

Leo is the Founder and CEO of Jona, a health technology company that developed AI to comprehensively analyze the gut microbiome and to simulate the effect of different interventions on the gut in order to unlock the utility of the gut microbiome and significantly improve health. He is internationally recognized for his two decades of leadership in applying AI to healthcare, including leadership roles at pioneering Bay Area AI startups (HeartFlow), multinational medical companies (Siemens) and as CEO of Paige.ai. At Paige.ai, he led the company to become an industry leader, launching groundbreaking products globally and securing the first-ever FDA approval for an AI product in pathology. Leo has authored two books on AI, published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers and is an inventor on more than 300 patents. A recipient of the Edison Patent Award, he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. in Cognitive and Neural Systems from Boston University and serves as CEO in Residence at Breyer Capital.