Researcher · Founder · Executive
Jerry Pratt
Persona AICo-founder and CTO
Pratt helped humanoid robots walk, balance, and cross difficult terrain. He led the IHMC team that placed second in a U.S. competition to develop robots for disaster response, and now applies that experience to machines designed for dangerous industrial work.
Career & education
Current rolePersona AI2024-presentCo-founder and CTO
Persona AI2024-presentPreviously
Figure2022-2024CTO
Figure2022-2024Boardwalk Robotics2017-2022
Co-founderEducation
MITWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations12,236As of Jun 15, '26
citations+660Since last snapshot, Aug 25, '25
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