Francis is currently the CEO of Lexset - where he is disrupting data supply chains with synthetic data.
Francis is an entrepreneur, generative design and procedural computer graphics expert, and the author of 3D Printing Design.
Intro
Meet Francis, CEO and Co-founder of Lexset, a leading synthetic data provider that's transforming the way AI engineers work. With their revolutionary platform, Seahaven, users can create visual training data on-demand, disrupting antiquated data supply chains. Francis is a pioneer in the field of Generative Design, utilizing computational techniques to find new solutions to design and engineering problems.
Work
In addition to his leadership at Lexset, Francis is a prolific author, consultant, and inventor. He's authored a book on design for 3D printing, published by Bloomsbury, which covers algorithmic design techniques and how to fabricate them using 3D printing. His consultancy, Studio Bitonti, specializes in generative design and computational geometry, and has yielded many innovations, including designs that have been included in the permanent collections of prestigious museums and institutions such as the Boston Museum of Fine Art, Centre Pompidou, Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt, High Museum, Mint Museum, Smithsonian, and Vitra Museum.
Francis is also a Wired Magazine Innovation Fellow, a prestigious recognition that celebrates groundbreaking innovators across industries. He holds several patents on cutting-edge technologies that have the potential to transform multiple industries, including generating synthetic training data, training neural networks using synthetic training data, developing a Carbon / Nanotube Graphene Conductive Elastomeric Polymer Compound, creating 3D Printed Sensors and Cushioning Material, and implementing systems and methods for wave function-based additive manufacturing. With his pioneering work in the field, Francis is constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of design and technology.
