The team building Personal Intelligence®
We believe the hardest problems in life deserve more than generic AI. They deserve real experts, personalized to you.
Why we exist
Today's health ecosystem is fragmented. People navigate complex, high-stakes health decisions using siloed expert advice, generic AI outputs, and search results optimized for scale, not accuracy. The result: confusion, misinformation, and lack of coordinated care.
Onix is the world's first Personal Intelligence® solution, the next evolution of AI, one that enhances human connection. A private, expert-driven AI built from the minds you'd most want in your corner to solve life's hardest problems.
Onix doesn't replace humans. It amplifies them. Get guidance from the experts you trust, anytime, anywhere, with advice that is personal, precise, and private.
Leadership
David Bennahum
CEO & Co-Founder
Founding writer at WIRED. Led Dell's early digital strategy, including the "Dell 4Me" campaign, as the company rose from #3 to #1 globally. Built platforms reaching 200M+ users across media and civic tech. Harvard, magna cum laude. A career defined by building systems that amplify human agency, not extract from it.
Nicholas Nadeau
CTO & Co-Founder
PhD in human-robot interaction. Previously CTO of 1X, one of the world's leading humanoid robotics companies. Built data pipelines powering Big AI as CTO of SmartOne.ai. Now building the opposite. A career defined by human-system collaboration: intelligent systems that work with people, not on them.
Guillaume Mercier
Chief Operating Officer
Scaled operations at SSENSE, Vention, and BDC, leading a 600-person division and co-managing a $250M venture capital fund backing industrial innovators across Canada. Harvard MBA. McKinsey-trained. A career defined by turning operational complexity into execution, at scale and at speed.
Founding Partners
Nick Grouf
Co-Founder
Built four consumer companies: Firefly Network (collaborative filtering behind Amazon and Netflix recommendations), PeoplePC (IPO, 2000), Spot Runner ($100M+ raised), and Pluto TV (acquired by Viacom for $340M). Managing Partner at Alpha Edison. A career defined by embedding trust, personalization, and privacy into every platform he builds.
Nate Redmond
Co-Founder
Entrepreneur and investor behind category-leading companies with billion-dollar outcomes. Partnered with Clayton Christensen to invest in disruptive change. Built data-driven investment systems at Citadel. Managing Partner at Rustic Canyon. Co-founded Alpha Edison, the venture firm that incubated Onix from the ground up. A career defined by identifying where new categories emerge and building the infrastructure to support them.
Advisors
World-class leaders helping shape what Onix becomes.
Greg Christie
Former Head of Human Interface, Apple
Designed the interfaces for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Named inventor on nearly 100 Apple patents. Now shaping how Onix feels in your hands.
Jeremy Zimmer
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, United Talent Agency
Co-founded and led UTA, one of the most powerful talent agencies in the world. Now helping Onix identify and connect with the best experts on earth.
Eric Esrailian
Physician, UCLA | Emmy-Nominated Producer
Faculty at UCLA School of Medicine, Emmy-nominated producer, and board member of the X Prize Foundation and the Academy Museum. Bridges clinical medicine, storytelling, and global impact.
Your problems aren't generic
The world's leading experts trust Onix with their life's work. And you can trust us with yours.