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Ben Goertzel

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Co-founder, CEO and Chief Scientist at SingularityNETCEO at Artificial Superintelligence AllianceChairman at OpenCog Foundation

Goertzel helped popularize the term artificial general intelligence for AI intended to learn and reason across many domains. He created OpenCog, founded SingularityNET to make AI services more open and decentralized, and leads Hyperon, an effort to build a broadly capable reasoning system.

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Background

Current roles
Co-founder, CEO and Chief Scientist 2017-present
Chairman 2008-present
Previously
Born1966
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 18, 2026