Our story

Holistic AI's journey started when Adriano Koshiyama and Emre Kazim met at University College London (UCL) in 2018. They connected through their passion for solving AI ethics challenges in an interdisciplinary way.

Both founders have a solid academic background. Adriano's PhD is in computer science from UCL, with a focus on computational finance and machine learning. While Emre has credentials in Chemistry and a Philosophy PhD, through his studies at UCL, the University of Toronto, Cambridge University and King’s College London.

Adriano has a strong industry experience, including work as a machine learning quantitative strategist at Goldman Sachs, a data scientist at MindX and a Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. Emre is a seasoned academic, widely published expert on AI governance and Research Fellow at UCL.

During his PhD studies, Adriano worked on foundational research on AI ethics, covering topics such as responsible AI, trustworthy AI and translating AI ethics into engineering practice. Emre explored the impact of emerging digital technologies on society and government, and informed policymaking.

The pair soon realised the need for a more responsible AI auditing and assurance framework in the business context and decided to turn their vision into a company.

After many tests and trials, Holistic AI officially began operating in February 2020, with a mission to empower enterprises to adopt and scale AI with confidence. We are global leaders in AI Risk Management.