Founded in 2021 by Laurence Cohen and Jan Dienstl, Raion began as an AI community with a vision to help create millions of new companies solving humanity's toughest challenges. Today, we stand as the world's most elite AI community, meticulously curating relationships between advanced AI teams and industry-leading technology companies.
With a background as a business analyst, he has over 15+ years experience scaling startups. He started his career in the City of London, including over seven years at Fisher Investments, a Silicon Valley based asset management company that now manages around $300bn globally. Laurence also advises other leading tech founders, lobbyists and politicians who share a common goal to protect the future of the jobs market.
With a BSc in Computer Science and Business from UCL, Jan is our Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder. He serves in multiple engineering roles and has 8+ years experience as technical lead. Internally we call him the Wizard and we are convinced that there is no solvable problem that he can not solve given enough time. He is also the most humble, hard working and efficient human being we have ever met.
Starting her career in Silicon Valley in the early 2000's, Emma has 20+ years experience working with large British and American financial services institutions, both in the US and in the UK. She was an early employee at Fisher Investments where she developed clients services and sales departments for many years. Emma is one of the Co-Founders and is responsible for the thousands of meetings we hold each year.
Our global community is home to senior AI technologists and business leaders who are actively building the future. We don’t recruit at scale - we curate with precision, selecting only those with the experience, mindset, and ambition to drive meaningful impact through artificial intelligence.
We provide our community with the resources, connections, and opportunities needed to amplify their impact.
Unlike accelerators or investment funds, we focus exclusively on established talent with proven track records.
Each member of our community undergoes a personal interview and rigorous evaluation before joining our ranks.
By 2030, our vision is to unite 15,000 elite AI teams worldwide, creating an unparalleled ecosystem of innovation.