Vladimir Macko is the CTO and co-founder of Covariate, an IP intelligence platform for biotech & pharma, has a rich background in technology and innovation. Beginning as a machine learning researcher at Google AI, he transitioned to privacy preserving authentication before moving to biotech and advising pharma companies on data collection strategies for their clinical trials. Now Vladimir focuses on finding biotech companies with sound research and expected growth and avoiding ones with dissonance between public statements and IP and R&D. He enjoys endurance running and separating science from fiction.