Michael Leventhal

After failing at becoming a philosopher, poet, and linguist, Michael Leventhal found middling success in computing, working on knowledge representation, core internet technologies, and novel computing architectures. As one does, he abandoned the fevered plentitude of Silicon Valley, bags laden with tech lore, to work alongside bright and ambitious young Malians in Sahelian-dust-choked fields of opportunity, as they strive to win their nation a place of honor on the world’s stage. RobotsMali AI4D Lab is the fruit of our toil.