# Alan Cowen: CEO, Hume AI

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CEO & Founder of [Hume AI](/companies/hume-ai), building empathic voice interfaces and expression measurement AI. Developed semantic space theory for emotion science. Previously Research Scientist Director at Google DeepMind. Grew up in Chicago, double-majored in Cognitive Science and Applied Mathematics at Yale, PhD at UC Berkeley.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Hume AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/hume-ai.md) CEO & Founder

## Foundings (1)

- [Hume AI](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/hume-ai.md)

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Google](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/google.md) Research Scientist Director, Google DeepMind (secondary-verified)

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.alancowen.com/about
2. https://psychblog.berkeley.edu/spotlights/2019/10/22/Alan-Cowen/
3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-cowen


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