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Suzanne Gildert

Founder and CEO, Nirvanic AI

Suzanne Gildert is founder and CEO of Nirvanic AI in Vancouver, building adaptive foundation models for robots that learn on the job. She previously co-founded Kindred AI (acquired by Ocado in 2020) and Sanctuary AI (humanoid robotics), and earlier worked on quantum algorithms at D-Wave. She holds a PhD in experimental quantum physics from the University of Birmingham.12

At a glance

Current role
Founder and CEO
Sources cited
2
Profile reviewed

Accomplishments

  • Co-founded Kindred AI and Sanctuary AI.1
  • Founded Nirvanic AI (2024).1

Kindred and Sanctuary

Gildert co-founded Kindred AI in 2014 for industrial AI robotics and later Sanctuary AI in 2018 for general-purpose humanoid robots, serving as co-CEO and later CTO. Her site notes Kindred's acquisition by Ocado and Sanctuary's Phoenix humanoid and Carbon AI control system.1

Nirvanic AI

In 2024 she founded Nirvanic AI as CEO, describing stealth work on continuously learning robot foundation models, including quantum-accelerated planning research.12

Timeline

  1. Co-founded Kindred AI.1
  2. Co-founded Sanctuary AI.1
  3. Kindred acquired by Ocado.1
  4. Founded Nirvanic AI.1

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References

2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026

  1. Suzanne Gildert | Robotics and AISuzanne Gildert · Official page · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  2. Dr. Suzanne Gildert | Nirvanic AINirvanic AI · Official page · accessed Oct 24, 2026