Cyrus is a co-founder of AIGC Chain, (the first foundation model of AI generated content on a blockchain, with a responsible AI focus), the co-founder of one of the first generative AI unicorns, Stability AI Stability AI (exited) and a co-founder of Duckweed Bio, a Florida Agtech/Climate Tech venture. He is a Contributor to VALDI.ai, a web3 P2P ML cloud computing platform. Cyrus was a Partner at FoundersX Ventures, a cross-stage Silicon Valley VC, and the co-founder of the AI Initiative of The Future Society, where he led global governance of AI projects. Cyrus is active at the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) where he co--leads the Safety and Assurance of Generative AI (SAFE) project, as well as being an invited expert on the AI for climate action & biodiversity and agriculture Committees. Educated at Sciences Po Paris, MA (Hons) Paris II University, M.P.A. Harvard Kennedy School.