Inworld AI
Joseph Coombes (He/Him) has a diverse work experience. Currently, they hold the position of Senior UX Engineer at Inworld AI since August 2022. Prior to this, Joseph worked at IBM as a Designer & Front End Developer from July 2019 to September 2022, and at All Purpose as a Senior Developer during the same period. Before that, they founded Aeon Creative Inc. in January 2016 and worked as a Founder, Designer, and Developer until September 2022. Joseph also gained experience as a Designer at Dossier in 2017 and as a Designer & Web Developer at Hawkers Wharf from October 2015 to August 2016.
Joseph Coombes (He/Him) has a varied educational background with a focus on digital media and communications. In 2009, they attended Capilano University and obtained a degree in Motion Picture Production.
Following this, Joseph pursued further education at Simon Fraser University, where they completed a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Communications with a Minor in Business Administration. The specific start and end dates for this program are not provided.
In 2014, Joseph attended Lighthouse Labs to enhance their skills in web development. While the program name is given, the degree obtained is not specified.
Later on, in 2017, Joseph enrolled at the Centre for Digital Media, pursuing a Masters of Digital Media. The duration of this program is given as one year, ending in 2018.
In addition to their formal education, Joseph has also obtained various certifications to further enhance their skill set. Joseph has completed the "UX Certification - Interaction Design Specialty" at Nielsen Norman Group in January 2022, and the "Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner" certification at IBM in September 2019. The obtained month and year for these certifications are provided.
Furthermore, Joseph has also acquired several certifications in the field of design and user experience. These certifications include "Accessibility: How to Design for All" from the Interaction Design Foundation (IDF), "Design & UX Essentials" from IBM, "Human-Computer Interaction - HCI" from the IDF, and "Web Accessibility" by Google from Udacity. The exact obtained months and years for these certifications are not provided, but it is mentioned that Joseph is a member of the Interaction Design Foundation.
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Inworld AI
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Inworld AI provides a developer platform for creating AI-powered virtual characters to populate immersive realities including the metaverse, VR/AR, games, and virtual worlds. Their mission is to create and inspire new meaningful relationships. Inworld uses advanced AI to build generative characters whose personalities, thoughts, memories, and behaviors are designed to mimic the deeply social nature of human interaction. The Inworld platform features a no-code studio that makes the creation of AI characters accessible to writers, designers, and creators. Integrations with the most popular game engines, like Unreal and Unity, make it easy for developers to deploy characters into game environments. They are a team of experts that have pioneered conversational AI platforms and generative models at API.AI (acquired by Google and renamed Dialogflow), Google and DeepMind. They are continuing to build out our incredibly talented team, with experts in generative language models, emotions, speech synthesis, multimodal interaction, design, and 3D animation. Inworld is backed by top-tier investors including Section 32, Intel Capital, BITKRAFT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, First Spark Ventures, The Venture Reality Fund, CRV, Meta, Microsoft’s M12 fund, Micron Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, NTT Docomo Ventures, and SK Telecom Venture Capital. Inworld was one of six companies selected for the 2022 Disney Accelerator. Prominent angels include Twitch Co-Founder, Kevin Lin; Oculus Co-Founder, Nate Mitchell; Animoca Brands Co-Founder, Yat Siu; The Sandbox Co-Founder, Sebastien Borget and NaHCO3, the family office of Riot Games Co-Founder, Marc Merrill.