Origins
Josh and Ryan originally started Bomber AI to do machine learning projects with friends. They scraped UFC stats to build a prediction algorithm, ingested real estate data for wholesale brokers, and automated analytics for a subscription e-commerce business. Josh and Ryan both spent years dealing with data systems other people built. They were frustrated with the half-baked cloud offerings, expensive licenses, and overall friction associated with basic tasks. It became clear that building systems to automate analytics, deploy machine learning algorithms, and develop AI-powered applications isn’t all that innovative, it’s just hard. Simply put, Bomber AI does the dirty work most are unwilling to do with discipline and craftsmanship. It’s plumbing, not science.
Founding Partners
Josh EmBree
Josh is a data scientist and creator. Despite being a classically trained statistician with a PhD, he’s the jack of all trades who wears multiple hats. Josh has experience in marketing, e-commerce, fraud prediction, consulting, public policy, and biotech. He’s worked at every level from early stage startups to fortune 500 companies. Josh is driven to design and scale data products throughout organizations.
Ryan Smith
Ryan is a full stack engineer and operator. He spent the last several years developing machine learning algorithms for breeding and racing horses in the thoroughbred industry. Ryan also spent years automating business operations to minimize overhead as a co-owner/operator of the farm where they raise horses. His ambition here is to generalize and scale his experience integrating machine learning and AI into a business.