John Mern, PhD

John Mern is the co-founder and CEO of Terra AI, a venture-backed startup that applies artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery and development of critical mineral and energy resources. He holds a PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, where he researched deep reinforcement learning and Monte Carlo tree search as a member of the Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory. Prior to founding Terra AI, he worked on autonomous systems at Boeing Phantom Works and led AI development at Kobold Metals.