Dr Rafał Łabędzki is an IT executive, entrepreneur and researcher specialising in AI, agentic systems and human-AI collaboration. Since 2024 he has been with deepsense.ai, where, as Senior AI Engineering Manager, he leads AI projects for clients and the development of solutions for LLM and VLM evaluation, purpose-built datasets and advanced AI systems. He is also an assistant professor at SGH Warsaw School of Economics, where he researches human-AI collaboration, AI-assisted decision-making and hybrid multi-agent systems. Since 2021 he has been co-founder and CEO of Challenger Project, a technology venture in gaming and esports. He previously served as Operations and Data Director and Head of R&D at Cherrypick Games, and managed technology projects and teams building software and games for international clients. He has more than 18 years’ experience managing software development. He holds a PhD in management and two master’s degrees, in management and in finance and accounting, all from SGH. He brings technological, academic, entrepreneurial and management experience to the Foundation, along with practical knowledge of developing and deploying AI-based solutions.