On Lounge since Oct 2026
Ryan Smith
Member #1,004FounderL2Founder & CEO, Scout Team
I build AI systems for knowledge work and decision support. Ex-McKinsey / QuantumBlack, PhD in neural decoding, currently a solo founder.
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Achievements
Plugged In ×4Connected sources: GitHub, Hugging Face, LinkedIn, X, website.How: Connected 4 sources (GitHub, LinkedIn, X or a website) in Settings
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Shipper ×2Projects on your profile.How: Added 5 projects to their profile
Shipper×2
Pinned projects
A moonlit, 3D diorama of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in a glass case (three.js)
dioramaamerican-lit
Answer First: a short film about Barbara Minto and the Pyramid Principle, built entirely in code with an AI team
strategyvideo
🍁 A Chrome extension that sends autumnal maple leaves fluttering down every page you visit
chrome-extension
Top-down A-10 ground-attack shmup for the browser: Xevious meets Desert Strike, with altitude. TypeScript + Phaser.
gamesshmup
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About
I build AI systems for knowledge work and decision support. Ex-McKinsey / QuantumBlack, PhD in neural decoding, currently a solo founder.
Experience
AI systems for knowledge work & decision support | Ex-McKinsey QuantumBlack
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Founder & CEO · Stealth-mode AI Venture
Engagement Manager, AI & Analytics · QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey
Director, Strategy & Business Analytics · Quickbase
Director Revenue Operations, Analytics · Berkshire Grey
Principal Solutions Architect · Berkshire Grey
Data Science Specialist · McKinsey & Company
Education
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
University of Florida
