I work at the intersection of AI and logic, design and product, art and philosophy, data and markets.
I'm Axel, co-founder and CTO of Prism (YC). I'm on leave from Computer Science & Philosophy at Oxford.
At Prism I built the first product from scratch, then grew the engineering team. I work on people search, AI agents, and the data behind them, as well as the product’s design. Outside work, I paint, play piano, and read philosophy.
Selected Works
01PrismAI recruiting software I co-founded and built from scratch.View project ↗
02SEP NavigatorAn interactive map of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.View project ↗
03Thales ExchangeA simulated stock exchange built with a team of six in partnership with Capula.View project ↗
04Turing & GödelAn animated explanation of the connections between Gödel, Richard’s paradox, and Turing.View project ↗
05Prism LaunchPrism’s launch film, made with Gramafilm.View project ↗Digital paintings
Sometimes I paint.
I paint about consciousness, perception, and what we think we know.
Building products, designing how they work, and getting them into people’s hands.
- Product
- UX
- Design
- Go-to-market
- Early-stage
- Fundraising
Search, AI agents, machine learning, and the data pipelines behind them.
- LLM agents
- Data viz
- Optimisation
- Alternative data
- Search
Digital painting, animation, and interactive graphics. I also play piano, usually Studio Ghibli scores. My favourite is .
- Digital art
- Data visualisation
- Motion
- Interdisciplinary design
Logic, decision theory, and questions about minds and machines.
- Logic
- Decision theory
- Computational cognition
- Gödel & Turing
- Y CombinatorPrismBackedP26
- University of OxfordCS & PhilosophyTop 2 · First & second year exams2025
- Thinking Skills AssessmentOxford admissionsHighest internationally2023
- Art & Design A-levelSt Paul’s SchoolTop score nationally2023
Let’s Talk
If something here caught your eye, I’d love to hear from you.
You can reach me by email.