Aidan Smith co-founded Flapping Airplanes, a research lab developing more data-efficient approaches to artificial intelligence. A 2025 Thiel Fellow, he previously led neural-speech work and built software at Neuralink after shipping products to millions of Chess.com users.

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Aidan Smith co-founded Flapping Airplanes, a research lab developing more data-efficient approaches to artificial intelligence. A 2025 Thiel Fellow, he previously led neural-speech work and built software at Neuralink after shipping products to millions of Chess.com users.

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Co-founder at Flapping Airplanes until Present
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On Doubling

Aidan reflects on ambition, compounding personal growth, and the work that took him from Chess.com to Neuralink and his next venture.

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