Our People

The Team

World-class researchers, engineers, and leaders united by a mission to build intelligent infrastructure for the next era.

Baptist K.

Founder & CEO

Baptist K.

Visionary technologist and AI researcher. Founded Solaris Empire with the conviction that artificial intelligence should amplify human potential. Leads company strategy and research direction.

Chief Research Officer

Dr. Elena Vasquez

Former senior researcher at DeepMind. Leads Solaris Research Lab with expertise in neural architecture design, foundation models, and AI alignment. PhD in Machine Learning from Stanford.

VP of Engineering

Marcus Chen

15+ years building distributed systems at scale. Previously led infrastructure teams at Google and Stripe. Oversees all platform engineering and technical operations.

Head of Quantum AI

Dr. Amara Okafor

Pioneer in quantum machine learning and hybrid quantum-classical architectures. Previously at IBM Quantum. PhD in Quantum Computing from MIT.

Head of Product

Raj Krishnamurthy

Product leader with a track record of shipping AI-powered platforms used by millions. Previously VP Product at Scale AI. Drives the vision for Webcrafts and Solaris Console.

Head of AI Safety

Sofia Andersen

Dedicated to ensuring AI systems are safe, interpretable, and aligned with human values. Published researcher in mechanistic interpretability. Previously at Anthropic.

Head of Robotics

David Park

Robotics engineer specializing in autonomous perception systems and multi-sensor fusion. 10+ years in defense tech and autonomous vehicles. Leads Solaris Robotics division.