Bob McGrewCo-founder and CEO · Arda IndustriesResearcher↗Both at Arda Industries

Researcher · Founder · Executive
Co-founder and Chief AI Officer at Arda Industries
Odena co-developed scratchpads, showing that language models solve harder problems when trained to write intermediate steps. He also advanced AI image generation through self-attention, which connects distant parts of an image, and led research at Adept on agents that operate software.
Arda IndustriesNov 2025-present
MetaJul 2025-Nov 2025
AmazonJun 2024-Jun 2025
Adept AIDec 2021-Jun 2024Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
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