A stealth-mode startup at the time of their $1M drect-to-Phase II SBIR award, BlueLightAI is described as tackling the building of a visual, explainable AI platform designed to be intuitive, fun to use, and capable of accelerating discovery. With Founder describing the core science as having come from the insight that surfacing hidden structure in data leads to deeper understanding which, in turn, enables more efficient use of time and money for businesses and people, he argues (successfuly to proposal reviewers) that the best way to build something great is to find the right people, create conditions they need to thrive, and empower them to shape the team, the process, and the product. In practice - founder suggested - the effort is to work in a flat, low-ego environment in which those involved improve on each otherâs ideas by empathizing with one another and with the people who (will) use the developing software
