Nilou Salehi
AI researcher and UC Berkeley professor. Her research centers on human-centered AI, human-computer interaction, and reliable AI systems in high-stakes settings.
From research on reliable AI to work that gets done.
Across began with a question: how can AI keep context, reason over time, and stay accountable when work crosses people and systems? We bring research and enterprise experience together to build that answer.
Research and systems thinking, together.
Our founders bring research on human-centered AI, memory, reasoning, and coordination into a product built for enterprise work.
Afshin Nikzad
Dual PhD, ML algorithm designer, and USC professor. His work brings a systems and coordination lens to the architecture of enterprise agents.
The people building Across.
Research, engineering, design, product, and enterprise operating experience in one team.
Leadership
Founding team
Dave Akers ↗
Founding UX
Ali Amiri ↗
Founding Engineer
Alireza Zakeri ↗
Founding Engineer
Micah Laaker ↗
Founding Product Design
Alireza Shafaei ↗
Founding Engineer
Mohsen Shojaee ↗
Founding Engineer
Sina Akbari ↗
Founding Engineer
Utsav Kanani ↗
Head of Engineering
Goli Emami ↗
Founding Engineer
Soek-Yie Phan ↗
Finance / HR
Backed by people who have built at scale.
Vas Bhandarkar
Founder and CEO of ScoreData · Co-founder of Selectica.
Jeff Dean
Google research leader · Co-designer of MapReduce and TensorFlow.
Frederic Kerrest
Co-founder and former COO of Okta.
Steven Mih
Former CEO of Aviatrix · Co-founder of Ahana Cloud.
Venture capital investors
