The Human Heart of the Machine and the New Era of Relational Innovation
Justyna Kedra, Szymon Zagroba, Julia Siwicka, Camille Jalandoni
Last week the air in New York City felt a little different. We spent a long afternoon catching up with Julia Siwicka and Szymon Zagroba from the AI REV team (co-founded by our dear friend & a visionary founder Marek Bardonski) while they were visiting from Europe. There is a specific kind of magic that happens when you move from a Zoom screen to a physical table in NYC. In an industry that is currently obsessed with replacing human connection with automated efficiency sitting across from two people who lead with such profound empathy was a radical reminder of why we do this work.
Julia and Szymon are the visionaries on a team that seems to exist in two worlds at once. By day they lead a special operations squad of PhD level engineers and elite consultants from places like NASA and NVIDIA. They build some of the most sophisticated AI systems on the planet, tools that optimize sales and finance for global giants. But sitting there with them we realized that their technical pedigree is actually the least interesting thing about them. The most interesting thing is their soul.
The Global Talent Loop and the Architecture of Hope
What makes AI REV the real deal is their refusal to innovate for the sake of growth alone. They are practitioners of what we call the circular economy of talent. While they are busy helping corporations reduce costs through predictive analytics and neural networks they are simultaneously funneling those resources into their foundation.
They shared stories with us about their workshops in Poland and the Philippines that left us speechless. They aren't just writing checks. They are on the ground in regions marked by military conflict and extreme poverty teaching machine learning to children who have been abandoned by the system. They believe that a brilliant mind in a malnourished body in the Philippines is just as valuable as a developer in Silicon Valley. By providing advanced computer science education to those who have been forgotten they are literally building a bridge out of poverty.
The Technical Ethics of the Alarmed Custodian
This deep commitment to humanity is why we trusted them to build our MVP. When we work with their team we aren't just buying code. We are aligning with people who understand the weight of their responsibility. If a team spends their time worrying about starving children in the streets of Manila you can trust that they will handle your data and your vision with the highest level of integrity. They are the definition of the "Alarmed Custodian"—they see the risks of a surveillance-heavy future and they are choosing to build a different path.
Their work in Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision is world class but it is their "Human Margin" that sets them apart. They don't just see a business as a series of resource intensive processes to be automated. They see a business as a tool to free up human time so we can return to the things that actually matter like food and shelter and love.
Building the Future with Friends
Working with Julia, Szymon, and their brilliant colleagues has been one of the highlights of the WERULE journey. We love every second of our continued collaboration because it never feels like a transaction. It felt like a shared mission.
In a world where everyone is rushing to replace their teams with algorithms AI REV is doing the opposite. They are hiring for the unpredictable spark and investing in the next generation of global genius. They are proving that you can be a powerhouse in the tech business while remaining deeply, unapologetically human. If you are a founder looking for a team that will care for your vision as much as you do you have found them. The future is bright because people like this are building it.
