

Life of a Founder // Alberto Rizzoli (CEO of V7)
Hosted by HYPE: An interview series with London's most visionary founders and CEOs
About the Series
Life of a Founder is a candid, behind-the-scenes interview series with the most influential founders and CEOs shaping tech in London. We plan to have max 50 attendees with a focus on a classroom like open Q&A format.
Episode 1: Alberto Rizzoli | CEO @ V7
Alberto Rizzoli is the Co-Founder of V7, a London-based AI company teaching machines to see like humans.
V7 is a London‑headquartered AI company inspired by the human visual cortex. Its mission: teach machines to see - emulating how biological vision extracts meaning from the world. Operating mainly in healthcare and life sciences, V7 enables earlier diagnostics, accelerated drug discovery, and extended human lifespans through smarter visual analysis
In this conversation, we explore:
The origin story of V7 and building AI inspired by human vision
Early startup wins (and near-misses) from Aipoly to CES
The future of AI in science, healthcare, and everyday life
Lessons from a founder who’s been on the global stage since age 20
See you soon,
About Encode:
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