About
Niel Ok is co-founder and CTO at Null Labs. He previously led infrastructure at a DeepMind spinout focused on AI research automation and conducted neuroscience theory research while studying electrical engineering at Stanford.
Niel Ok @nielok20
Really interesting that the universe loves to contain compressed representations of its past states. It can go as low level as thermodynamic states, to as high level as human memories.
Jul 21, 2026 Β· β₯ 3
Niel Ok @nielok20
I think this connects to something I'm writing about talking about what kinds of games are good for measuring intelligence. That's pretty cool
Apr 21, 2026 Β· β₯ 2
Niel Ok @nielok20
For AIs to be more effective than human scientists with a physical lab, they would need better research taste than a human. When I look at things like Alpha Evolve, the direction we're going with research agents seems to be closer to scaled up search than improving taste
Apr 21, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
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Intro paths
Niel went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Null Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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