Our Team

Innovation using different perspectives.

Psychology, AI research, engineering, design and product don’t sit in separate lanes here. The work crosses over constantly: people shape decisions well outside their own discipline, and the questions one person asks change what another builds. Building technology for being human takes both kinds of expertise, working on the same problems.

Emily Bernstein
Emily BernsteinDirector, Behavioral Science
Theo Cowan
Theo CowanPrincipal Software Engineer
Lena Zhang
Lena ZhangHead of Growth
Rama Vedantam
Rama VedantamSenior Director, AI Research
Kristina Ross
Kristina RossCreative Director
Kevin Chu
Kevin ChuPrincipal Product Manager

Our first hire was a psychologist.

Clinical expertise has been part of iris labs from the start, prior to a product being built. Today that perspective sits alongside research, design, engineering and product, and it shows up in the work itself, not just in the thinking behind it.

Founding Team

Armen MkrtchyanArmen MkrtchyanCo-Founder and CEO, iris labsOrigination Partner, Flagship Pioneering
Rockwell ShahRockwell ShahCo-Founder and President, iris labsPartner, Flagship Pioneering
Ayşe MuñizAyşe MuñizCo-Founder, iris labsPrincipal, Flagship Pioneering
Noubar AfeyanNoubar AfeyanCo-Founder, iris labsFounder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering

Built on the science of experience.

Our co-founders are leaders at Flagship Pioneering, which has been creating and building science-led companies since 2000. They have originated AI platform companies, built and scaled consumer health products, taught and researched at universities, and helped start more than one hundred science and technology ventures.

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