Vladislav Voroninski

Vladislav Voroninski (“Vlad”) is the co-founder and CEO of Helm.ai, an AI software company pioneering the next generation of AI technology for ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotic automation. Under his leadership, Helm.ai has become a leader in scalable AI-first solutions for autonomous systems, attracting the attention of global automakers, including Honda Motor Company, and raising $102M in venture capital to date. Before founding Helm.ai, Vlad served as the founding chief scientist at Sift Security, a machine learning cybersecurity startup later acquired by Netskope. He holds a BS and MA in applied mathematics from UCLA and a PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley. He also served as a faculty member in the math department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his research career, Vlad published over 20 papers in applied mathematics and computer science, earning multiple awards, including the SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize and a top-30 placement at NeurIPS (out of 5,000 submissions).