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Rosalyn Moran

CEO and co-founder of Stanhope AI. Electrical & Electronic Engineer by training; PhD in Engineering, University College Dublin; postdoctoral neuroscience training at UCL under Karl Friston. Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Deputy Director of the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence, King's College London. Editor of NeuroImage and NeuroImage: Clinical.

Rosalyn Moran trained as an electrical and electronic engineer at University College Dublin, completing a PhD in engineering there before undertaking postdoctoral research at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, under Karl Friston, working on Bayesian and dynamic causal modeling of brain activity. Her academic career continued with an assistant professorship at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute (2012–2016), a senior lectureship at the University of Bristol (2016–2018), and a professorship at King's College London from 2018, where she became Deputy Director of the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence in 2022. In 2021 she founded Stanhope AI, a spin-out of her UCL/KCL research applying the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference framework to build 'world models' for autonomous systems such as drones and robotics, with Karl Friston as co-founder and Scientific Adviser.

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Role
CEO & Co-Founder, Stanhope AI
Based in
London, UK
Prior experience
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute (assistant professor; 2012-2016), University of Bristol (senior lecturer; 2016-2018)

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Who is Rosalyn Moran?
Rosalyn Moran trained as an electrical and electronic engineer at University College Dublin, completing a PhD in engineering there before undertaking postdoctoral research at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, under Karl Friston, working on Bayesian and dynamic causal modeling of brain activity. Her academic career continued with an assistant professorship at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute (2012–2016), a senior lectureship at the University of Bristol (2016–2018), and a professorship at King's College London from 2018, where she became Deputy Director of the King's Institute for Artificial Intelligence in 2022. In 2021 she founded Stanhope AI, a spin-out of her UCL/KCL research applying the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference framework to build 'world models' for autonomous systems such as drones and robotics, with Karl Friston as co-founder and Scientific Adviser.
What is Rosalyn Moran's role?
Rosalyn Moran is CEO & Co-Founder, Stanhope AI, based in London, UK.
Where did Rosalyn Moran work before?
Rosalyn Moran's prior roles include Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute (assistant professor; 2012-2016), University of Bristol (senior lecturer; 2016-2018).

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    Stanhope AI, co-founded by Irish woman Prof. Rosalyn Moran, raises $8m funding investment

    Silicon Republic: Stanhope AI, Co-Founded by Irish Woman, Raises $8m Funding Investment
    Verified2026-02-12
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    Education/career timeline

    Wikipedia: Rosalyn Moran
    Verified2026-08-09
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    Stanhope AI founded 2021 by Rosalyn Moran; Karl Friston as co-founder/Scientific Adviser

    Stanhope AI: About
    Verified2026-08-09
  4. 4

    Stanhope AI spun out of UCL in 2021

    Sifted: Stanhope AI raise coverage
    Verified2026-08-09
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    Stanhope AI Ltd incorporated 16 March 2021

    UK Companies House: STANHOPE AI LTD overview (company 13271847)
    Verified2026-08-09