Claudio holds a BSc. and MSc. in Molecular Biosciences from the University of Heidelberg. Currently he is doing PhD work in the area of evolutionary neurobiology. In 2016, together with his twin brother, he co-founded Kybernesia, an innovation consultancy for biomimetic systems and knowledge engineering. In 2018, he co-founded a machine learning startup. One of his major goals is to decipher the convergent evolution of nervous systems across the different domains of life.
Danilo is a writer, technology broker and entrepreneur. Previously, he co-founded a data company that applied financial machine learning to predict commodity prices. As a journalist, he has published on tech topics such as crypto, biomimetics and NLP. Areas of interest include origin of language, Classics, archaeology, Renaissance philosophy and legal history. In his free time, Danilo studies Russian grammar, learns how to code and writes short stories.