Richard Everts
Lead AI Researcher at Deep SIML Labs
United States
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Top SchoolRichard Everts is a Lead AI Researcher and founder with 11 years of experience building high-performance, real-world AI systems that span edge robotics, autonomy, and multi-agent architectures. At Deep SIML Labs he designs a cognitive operating system for embodied agents grounded in the Free Energy Principle and has shipped a bitwise Rust + GPU-accelerated substrate that halved planning error while doubling latency and energy efficiency. His background ranges from leading AI strategy and patented R&D at startups (CTO/co-founder of Bestie Bot) to enterprise and government engagements with Intel and HP, combining systems-level engineering in Rust and Python with GPU optimization, ONNX/TensorRT deployment, and computer vision. He’s also an active community builder and educator—organizing regional AI meetups and teaching reinforcement learning projects like AlphaGo Zero from scratch—bringing both research rigor and product-focused pragmatism to applied AI.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Philosophy at Franklin & Marshall CollegeCertificate Robotics Software Engineering Nanodegree, Certificate Robotics Software Engineering Nanodegree at UdacityContinuing Education Artificial Intelligence, Continuing Education Artificial Intelligence at DatacampContinuing Education Design and Visual Communications General, Continuing Education Design and Visual Communications General at Pennsylvania College of Art and DesignWeb and Mobile Development User Experience, Web and Mobile Development User Experience at Noble DesktopHS, HS at St. Andrew's SchoolContinuing Education Design and Visual Communications General, Continuing Education Design and Visual Communications General at FXPhDRegular Old Book StudyWeb and AI Development, Web and AI Development at Codeschool, Codecademy& PluralsightRails Stripe Payment Processing Growth Hacking Content Marketing, Rails Stripe Payment Processing Growth Hacking Content Marketing at One Month
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Github Skills (200)
opencv10
python10
image-processing10
deep-learning10
gpu10
realsense10
object-tracking10
macos-catalina10
yolov810
sdk10
object-detection10
computer-vision10
semantic-segmentation10
camera-api10
image-classification10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
bestie-bot/multisensor-labeler
Apr 2019 - Sep 2019
Object detection labeler for multiple sensors using one sensor with thresholder as blob source
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
object-detection
lesreaper/django_react_chat
Aug 2022 - Aug 2025
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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