Jonah Weinbaum

Bridges technical research and early-stage deep‑tech entrepreneurship: Jonah’s public bio and interviews show a pattern of rapidly moving from academic study (math, physics, cognitive science) into hands‑on wetware and hardware-focused startup work—living in a hacker house (Myelin), co-founding Pink Inference, writing synthesis/whitepaper-level research, and raising early funding. businessinsider+1

Active in fellowships and student-founder ecosystems: Jonah participated in multiple fellowships and programs (RippleX Fellowship, Emergent Ventures / Mercatus funding, 1517 Fund Invisible College) that connect student founders to mentorship, funding, and venture networks—this networked support has been central to his transition from student researcher to founder and policy-facing roles. medium+1

Policy- and governance-oriented technologist: In his current role as a Technology Fellow at the Institute for Progress and public-facing profiles, Jonah focuses on AI policy topics (compute governance, defense/acceleration tradeoffs) and how institutions can manage advanced technologies—combining technical background with policy work. ifp

Public technical presence and open-source activity: Maintains a GitHub presence (jonahwei19) tied to Pink Inference and project pages, indicating hands-on engineering and public project artifacts alongside the startup and fellowship work. github