SPEAKERS

Jacomo Corbo, co-founder PhysicsX, a former Formula One engineering superstar and a computer science whizz'. Corbo received his PhD from Harvard, has also worked in racing but more recently he founded and headed up QuantumBlack, the AI labs at McKinsey, working with a number of Formula One as well as other automative and industrial clients on thorny product engineering problems. (PhysicsX announced a $32M Series A round led by General Catalyst. Others in the round include a very interesting mix of financial and strategic backers. They include Standard Investments, NGP, Radius Capital and KKR co-founder and co-executive chairman, Henry Kravis. The funding will be used for business development, and to continue developing the company’s platform. This is PhysicsX’s first outside funding.)