Team & Values

David Petrou
David Petrou
Founder and CEO
David believes in enhancing people's capabilities through AI-powered augmentation. A former Distinguished Software Engineer at Google, he was a founding member of Google Goggles and Google Glass, and ran large teams that launched on-device machine intelligence.
Noah Lieberman
Noah Lieberman
Founding ML Engineer
Noah is designing and developing our core AI applications. He has a strong foundation in Machine Learning and Systems Engineering.
Ken Bowden
Ken Bowden
Client and Frontend Engineer
Ken is responsible for building Continua’s client-side experience on mobile and web. Previously, he was a Staff Frontend Engineer at Slack. Ken brings a unique blend of creativity and technical expertise to his role- he has a degree in Music Engineering and plays the saxophone.
Jason Bacasa
Jason Bacasa
Brand & Human Experience
Jason drives branding endeavors. Jason met David in a coffee shop in Pittsburgh where he served David stiff espressos as they contemplated what a future would look like when everyone had a computer in their pocket.
Andrew Hyatt
 Andrew Hyatt
Software Engineer
Andrew Hyatt is working on our backend systems. He previously worked as a Principal Engineer in Google Search, with experience in Search Platforms, Local Search, Realtime Search, in many parts of the search system. He has created and maintains Emacs packages for websockets, LLMs, and more.
Davis Yoshida
Davis Yoshida
ML Engineer
Davis is working on keeping our accelerators busy with fine-tuning and inference. He has a background in NLP research, focusing on decoding algorithms for language models.
Olga Dorabiala
Olga Dorabiala
ML Engineer
Olga is building Continua’s cognition system. She has an extensive background in applied mathematics and machine learning.
Joseph Higgins
Joseph Higgins
System Software Engineer
Joseph's experience is in streaming video where he worked as a backend developer for Disney, helping control the flow of bits around the internet to millions of streamers. He brings to the team a knack for distributed systems, an appetite for AI, and a dry sense of humor.
Steve Vinter
Steve Vinter
Coach
I help people be their best, both individually and in teams.

Our culture defines who we are and how we achieve our mission. We move ahead together, contributing our unique strengths and passions, united by a shared vision. These values are the guiding principles that define our culture and shape the work we do every day.

Respect
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We value each other and the perspectives and talents that each person brings. Trust, kindness, and understanding guide our relationships. Continua is an environment where everyone feels seen and heard. We see healthy conflict emerging from the expression of different opinions and creativity deriving from the positive energy of collaboration. Respect extends to how we support each other and prioritize well-being, creating the foundation for our sustained excellence.
Velocity
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We are driven by a sense of urgency, knowing that time and resources are finite, opportunities are fleeting, and the world is changing rapidly. We see an imperfect plan executed with urgency as better than a seemingly perfect one that causes costly delays. To meet the challenge of our difficult mission, we develop hypotheses and quickly test them, rapidly iterate in building new technologies, and continuously seek user validation on the value proposition of new solutions.
Ambition
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Continua is driven to make a lasting positive impact on humanity. We believe AI has the potential to fundamentally change the human experience, and we are committed to being at the forefront of that transformation.
Continuous Improvement
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Continua thrives on learning through experimentation, feedback, and adaptation. Mistakes are inevitable but offer opportunities to learn and improve. Our ambitions won’t be achieved by applying known solutions to existing problems.