Alistair Pernigo
United States
Machines can smell
Giving machines a new sense: chemical perception.
Biography
Alistair Pernigo is a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab and co-founder of Timeless Way, a science and technology lab based in California.
His fascination with how living organisms perceive their surroundings led him along a self-directed path into research and entrepreneurship.
He combines hardware and AI to develop new sensory capabilities for humans and machines, with a current focus on molecular sensing, chemical intelligence, and biosecurity.
In Alistair's words
“Being part of the OSV community means a lot to me at this stage. It gives me the support and momentum to take our work further: making chemistry a native sense for machines. I’m excited to build alongside people who recognize strange ideas as early signals of what comes next.”
Award
- 2026
O'Shaughnessy Fellowship
Giving machines a new sense: chemical perception.
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