Where did Martin Dinov go to school?

Martin Dinov studied at Imperial College London (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience and AI); King's College London (Master of Laws - LLM, International Commercial and Financial Law); King's College London (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics).

Martin Dinov

Founder

CEO at Maaind

London Area, United Kingdom

FoundedMaaind

About

Martin Dinov is the founder and CEO of Maaind, where he works on affective and neuroadaptive AI applied across sectors including automotive, healthtech, and defence, and serves as Chief Technology Officer at Lifefire. His prior work spans the public sector, industry, and startups, covering brain-computer interfaces, explainable AI, and consumer applications. He also works on initiatives related to AI safety, transparency, and responsible use of the technology.

CEO at Maaind

Intro paths

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In turn, Martin can intro founders to Maaind's investors below.

Maaind's investors · 1

Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checks

Co-founders at Maaind

Oleg LeniveFounding CTO

Experience

LifefireChief Technology Officercurrent2026 — present
MaaindFounder and Directorcurrent2019 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
Club Alpbach NetherlandsAmbassadorcurrent2023 — presentNetherlands
Founders PledgePledgercurrent2019 — presentWorldwide
The Mars SocietyChair of Mars Society London Chaptercurrent2018 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
Hack the SensesCo-Founder/Techcurrent2016 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
GuidepointFreelance Consultant2019 — 2022
Space Generation Advisory CouncilMentor2020
Entrepreneur FirstEntrepreneur First LD12 Cohort Member2019London Area, United Kingdom
CapgeminiAI Engineer | Senior Software Developer | Senior Data Scientist2018 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
London Brain HackersCo-Founder2014 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
CourseraTA for online course by Johns Hopkins University2015
Neurotechnology startupFounder2014 — 2015London Area, United Kingdom
WineLoupeFounder2011 — 2012Vienna
Thales Austria GmbHSoftware Engineering Intern2011Vienna
Secure Business Austria/Vienna University of TechnologyTeaching Assistant2010 — 2011Vienna

Skills & more

AI SolutionsStakeholder Management9Information TechnologyArchitectural Design1MLOps1Written CommunicationAPI DevelopmentCommunication ProtocolsProject DeliveryGraphics Processing UnitEntrepreneurshipTypeScript

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Developer ToolsCustomer Facing RolesSolutions EngineeringTechnical PresentationsProfessional SkillsTechnical SalesDatabase SystemsTechnical ExecutionSystems EngineeringTeam LeadershipProblem SolvingCreative Problem Solving

Languages Bulgarian · English · French · German · Japanese · Russian

Amateur Radio License (Foundation) — Ofcom
Structuring Machine Learning Projects — Coursera
Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization — Coursera
Networked Life — Coursera
Machine Learning — Coursera
Virology 1: How Viruses Work — Coursera
Neural Networks and Deep Learning — Coursera
Statistical Analysis of fMRI Data — Coursera

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Martin Dinov?: Martin Dinov is the founder and CEO of Maaind, where he works on affective and neuroadaptive AI applied across sectors including automotive, healthtech, and defence, and serves as Chief Technology Officer at Lifefire. His prior work spans the public sector, industry, and startups, covering brain-computer interfaces, explainable AI, and consumer applications. He also works on initiatives related to AI safety, transparency, and responsible use of the technology.
Where does Martin Dinov work?: Martin Dinov is CEO of Maaind.
What companies did Martin Dinov found?: Martin Dinov founded Maaind.
Where did Martin Dinov go to school?: Martin Dinov studied at Imperial College London (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroscience and AI); King's College London (Master of Laws - LLM, International Commercial and Financial Law); King's College London (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Bioinformatics).

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Also attended King's College London293

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Shared employers

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Also worked at Space Generation Advisory Council4

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