CEO David King founded Exaptive in 2011 to show that technology platforms could augment human creativity to facilitate innovation at scale. Frustrated that radical innovation often hinged on serendipity, Dave was driven to build a software ecosystem that uses data-science to facilitate unexpected, cross-disciplinary connections and more ah-ha! moments for scientists, researchers, designers, and industry analysts tackling complex problems.
A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science and a concentration in the social sciences, Dave has spent 20+ years working in software development – from system architecture and large-scale database design, to the psychology of user interfaces, to the management of agile teams.
