Welcome
My name is Jonathan Alexander Politzki. I grew up in Cary, IL. I studied at the University of Illinois, where I was first introduced to technology startups (Quant, Nephra). My first job was in biotechnology investment banking at Leerink Partners in NYC. Then, I worked at Shaper Capital. Now, I am starting a company to solve important societal problems.
Computers have proven a remarkable ability to understand the world and us. I am very interested in how we can teach computers to understand humans and what the implications of that technology will be. The company I founded to work on this is Jean. More specifically, we are working to build foundation models of human behavior. The inspiration for this work started out of my original essay, General Personal Embeddings.
Good quotes
“What are the important problems of your field, and why aren't you working on them?”
— Richard Hamming
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” (Hat man sein wofür des Lebens, so verträgt man sich fast mit jedem wie.)
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
“He who strives and lives to strive, can earn redemption still.” (Wer immer strebend sich bemüht, den können wir erlösen.)
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part II
“Only he who is constantly changing is my kin.” (Nur wer sich wandelt, bleibt mit mir verwandt.)
— Friedrich Nietzsche, Posthumous Fragments