Meet the team behind nthoughts.
We are a small, independent team of learning scientists, software engineers, and designers building cognitive speech workspaces.
Our Team
The builders directing the design and engineering of nthoughts.
Ingrid Larsen
Co-Founder & Language Pedagogy
Ingrid has a PhD in Linguistics from Oslo University. She designed our leveled professional curriculum scenarios based on research in corporate communications.
Ankit Kumar
Co-Founder & Machine Learning Systems
Ankit is a former speech synthesis research engineer. He manages our server orchestration, Gemini multimodal transcription scoring pipelines, and API latency optimizations.
Mateo Silva
Product Design & UX Lead
Mateo oversees design aesthetics and attention encoding metrics. He ensures the workspace remains calm and completely free of anxiety loops and gamified triggers.
Our Core Values
The commitments that shape how we build cognitive software.
Bootstrapped Independence
We are entirely self-funded. We answer only to our learners, not venture capital timelines. This guarantees that product quality and attention preservation are never compromised for advertising clicks.
Data Sovereignty & Transparency
We believe privacy is a prerequisite for psychological safety in learning. Your records belong to you. We provide single-click export options, do not retain voice files, and support complete account deletions.
Calm Attention Design
We explicitly reject cognitive manipulation triggers. You will never see a coin count, visual alerts, streak pressure, or ranking lists. Your learning time is treated with dignity.
Open Opportunities
We are always looking for passionate people who care about focus, science, and privacy.