Soroush Pour is a founder and engineering leader with 13 years of experience building mission-driven tech ventures at the intersection of AI, robotics and biotech. As Co-founder & CEO of Harmony Intelligence he now focuses on AI safety, red-teaming and catastrophic risk evaluation for frontier labs and government partners, drawing on hands-on ML research training from ARENA. He previously led engineering and technology teams at Vow and Plaid, scaling orgs from early-stage to production and shipping robust infrastructure, security and lab automation systems. Soroush has a track record of founding startups (Fireplace Labs, WealthLift, Synbio Automation) and advising deep-tech teams, often translating domain problems into pragmatic software + hardware solutions. Based in Sydney, he combines operator experience in alternative proteins and robotics with a deep commitment to ensuring advanced AI systems benefit humanity. An unusual through-line: he routinely moves between building product-grade systems and running high-skill technical red-team exercises, blending startup velocity with rigorous safety thinking.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering Minor in Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering Minor in Mathematics at Duke University
Leader of Tomorrow Global Biotech Revolution GapSummit 2020, Leader of Tomorrow Global Biotech Revolution GapSummit 2020 at University of Cambridge
ML research engineering, ML research engineering at ARENA (Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator)
Higher School Certificate, Higher School Certificate at Normanhurst Boys' High School
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Soroush Pour - Co-founder & CEO at Harmony Intelligence