Philippe Beaudoin

Philippe Beaudoin is a researcher, programmer, and entrepreneur who sees technology as a way to illuminate what makes us human.

With a Ph.D. in computer science from Université de Montréal and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Philippe began by studying movement and robotics — a fascination with how systems move and adapt. He later joined Google as a senior engineer, contributing to the recommendation systems powering the Chrome browser. In 2016, he co-founded Element AI, driven by the conviction that artificial intelligence must stay rooted in the real world.

In 2020, Philippe came to a powerful realization that reoriented his trajectory: that many technologies claiming to “understand us better” are actually reinforcing our worst habits — locking us into patterns we often regret. That moment shaped his deeper mission: aligning technological systems with human flourishing. This led him to found Waverly to explore how language and dialogue might build social networks that nourish our aspirations and allow space for doubts, honesty and human growth.

By joining LawZero in 2025, Philippe continues this quest: helping to design artificial intelligence that recognizes — and supports — human flourishing, a necessary condition in his view for technology to be truly beneficial.