Gleb Chuvpilo
Co-Founder & CEO
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Thor Dynamics
Gleb Chuvpilo is an American serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of Thor Dynamics, a fast-growing company that specializes in directed energy systems for drone and swarm defense to protect critical infrastructure and national security. Our lasers can defeat drone swarms in seconds from a kilometer away. Thor Dynamics is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with an R&D lab and a 70-acre private range near Helsinki.
Gleb has a Master's degree from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Gleb started his career as a quantitative trader at Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs and spent years investing alongside Peter Thiel at his global macro hedge fund, Thiel Macro. Gleb was an early engineer at Palantir and then co-founded several technology startups, including Authy (Y Combinator class 2012, acquired by Twilio), Ride (funded by TPG Growth, acquired by Enterprise), and Pager (funded by NEA and Lux). Gleb is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and an MIT Sloan Financial Technology program graduate. Gleb is proud to serve on the board of MIT delta v, an educational accelerator.