Tom Lynch

About

I’m currently building in San Francisco with my brother Ben Lynch.

In 2026, I earned my PhD from Cambridge, where I developed a universal autofocus attachment for microscopy. I also rowed in the winning ’23 and ’24 Boat Race crews.

My interests include:

• Embodied AI. How much of the physical AI buildout will be humanoids vs. purpose-built robotics?
• Reindustrialisation. What is needed to 10x the west’s industrial capacity?
• Consumer hardware. What form-factors are enabled by AI? What is the next iPhone?
• B2B AI. Where is there an obvious capability overhang, and what is the best way to bring that to market?

Projects, etc.

• et al: An agent-native workspace for researchers; raised 350k @ 6M pre and scaled to ~1600 users
• Universal Autofocus Device for Microscopy (PhD): A patented device that attaches to any microscope camera port and holds focus using real-time depth estimation
• YouTube series on The Boat Race: 10-video series on training for The Boat Race using footage from my v1 Meta Raybans
• Rowing: Rowing 12-15x per week for 7 years
• CrowdStream: A tool to crowdsource livestreams of large events
• Mobile EEG: A headset used to detect cortico-muscular coherence despite movement artefacts while walking
• Computer Vision for Mining: Designed cameras and pressure sensors for extreme temperatures and pressures
• LiDAR for autonomous driving: Built a scanning LiDAR sensor based on an oscillating MEMS mirror