Clare Birch

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States9 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly StableAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Led development of Tinker API for AI applications.
Advised on Australia's National Quantum Strategy.
Created and managed a frontier-tech accelerator.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI and frontier technology investment.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipProduct ManagementTechnical LeadershipOperations ManagementStrategic PlanningAdvisory LeadershipCommunications StrategyInvestment ManagementTechnology StrategyProgram LeadershipResearchEducation Management

Other Skills

technical programsecosystemstrategycultureAPI developmentAI technologiesoperationselectrical engineeringquantum strategyadvisorystrategic communicationsinvestmentfrontier techaccelerator managementinvestment strategy

About

Most of my time is spent on Thinking Machines, where I do technical programs and other things.

Experience

9 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr

Current Experience

Thinking machines lab

Member of Programs Staff

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

technical programs, ecosystem, strategy, culture, and product-y things at everyone's favourite AI research + product company. ~all of my time is spent on tinker, the world's best post-training API: https://thinkingmachines.ai/tinker
i previously ran our recruiting function. we're hiring! https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/thinkingmachines

technical programsecosystemstrategycultureproduct managementLeadership+1

Emergence quantum

Chief of Staff

Oct 2024 – Apr 2025 · 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

Partnered with founders David Reilly and Thomas Ohki on Emergence's initial strategy and operations. EQ is a world-class contracting R&D org (in the style of BBN) that solves the unanticipated challenges for next-generation advanced computing---the kinds that only emerge as systems scale.
Emergence works with defense, intelligence, and private organisations. Reach out if you have a need in hardcore electrical engineering for quantum or other compute modalities that needs a strike team.

strategyoperationselectrical engineeringOperations ManagementStrategic Planning

Encour

Senior Associate

Sep 2024 – Nov 2024 · 2 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Encour is a strategic communications agency that emboldens clients to command the narrative. Jessy let me work for her a day a week while I was "on sabbatical".

strategic communicationsCommunications Strategy

Department of industry, science and resources

Member, National Quantum Advisory Committee

Nov 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Australia · Remote

Invited as one of fifteen "industry leaders" by the Hon Ed Husic, Minister for Science and Industry, and Dr Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist, to advise on Australia's first National Quantum Strategy.

quantum strategyadvisoryAdvisory LeadershipStrategic Planning

Blackbird

Senior Investment Associate and "Scientist in Residence"

Aug 2021 – Aug 2024 · 3 yrs · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

Invested in frontier tech (quantum, medical devices, bio, fusion, photonics, solar abundance...) from pre-seed to Series E and created and led Foundry, a frontier-tech accelerator.

investmentfrontier techInvestment ManagementTechnology Strategy

Deadlyscience

Programs Coordinator

Jan 2021 – Oct 2021 · 9 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Donate to DeadlyScience: https://deadlyscience.org.au

University of sydney

2 roles

Chemistry Research Assistant and Outreach Team Lead

Feb 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Computational chemistry and chemistry education.

computational chemistryeducationResearchEducation Management

Student Fellow to the Academic Board and the Faculty of Science and its Board

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 11 mos

Elected by peers to represent undergraduate interests at the University's second-highest governing body, and to represent student interests in science curriculum and student experience.