Dr. Maor Farid is a researcher, AI engineer and social-impact leader whose life and work present a rare and inspiring blend of science and human-centered purpose. Maor is one of the leading voices at the intersection of AI and mechanical engineering. He is the co-founder and CEO of Leo AI, creator of the Large Mechanical Model (LMM), an AI copilot already used by engineering teams in aerospace, semiconductors, automotive, and medical devices. Maor completed his PhD in mechanical engineering at the Technion in Israel at 24 and later conducted postdoctoral research at MIT in applied mathematics and AI, focusing on predicting failures in complex physical systems. Before founding Leo, he served as an AI researcher and officer in Unit 8200 and led advanced modeling and machine learning pro...