Who we areOdyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to predict and interact with the world over long horizons.
This foundational technology promises to revolutionize robotics, science, healthcare, education, gaming, defense, and beyond.
Odyssey’s founders previously pioneered the most complex application of physical AI: self-driving cars.
They’ve now brought together a world-class research team from DeepMind, Tesla, Waymo, Meta, Apple, and Wayve, who have made significant contributions to language models (DeepMind Gemini), video models (DeepMind Veo), world models (Wayve GAIA), and autonomous systems (Tesla FSD).
Odyssey has raised significant venture capital from GV, Amazon, AMD, EQT, NVIDIA, Natural Capital, In-Q-Tel, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Guillermo Rauch, Garry Tan, Kyle Vogt, and researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, MSL, Recursive, and Thinking Machines.
What we're looking forOdyssey is hiring a VP of Research to lead and grow our Frontier Research group, the researchers working at the cutting edge of world model capability, responsible for the first proof points of new algorithms and for pushing the frontier of what world models can do.
This is a role for someone who wants to both set the research agenda and stay close enough to shape it directly, not manage from a distance.
You'll report directly to Jeff Hawke, our Co-Founder and CTO, and work alongside Odyssey’s leaders.
What you'll doLeading and growing the Frontier Research group, hiring, mentoring, and developing researchers at every level.
Defining and communicating a research vision ambitious enough to position Odyssey as the leading voice in world models, one that attracts top talent to the field and to us specifically.
Setting the research roadmap and publication strategy, and representing Odyssey's research externally to the broader communit.