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The Phygularity Founding Team

Four researchers and operators bridging simulation, AI, and real-world robotics — combining deep technical expertise with hands-on industrial execution.

Reza Kakooee

Reza Kakooee

CEO

  • 15+ years in AI and Reinforcement Learning
  • Postdoc in AI
  • PhDs in AI and Control

Reza is an AI researcher with a PhD from ETH Zurich, specializing in reinforcement learning and control theory. At Phygularity, he focuses on bridging simulation and the real world by developing accurate simulation pipelines, vision-language-action models, and agentic AI systems for robot learning. He has shipped production AI across robotics, LLMs, computer vision, and speech synthesis.

ETH Zürich
ETH AI Center
FHNW
Ali Golozar

Ali Golozar

CPO

  • 10+ years in robotics industry
  • PhD in Robotics & Mechanical Engineering
  • 3 US Innovative Patents

Ali is a robotics researcher at Politecnico di Milano and Phygularity's Hardware/Simulation Lead, specializing in the design, nonlinear simulation, and manufacturing of novel flexible mechanisms. At Phygularity, he builds high-fidelity physics twins by leveraging advanced multibody dynamics and material analysis tools such as MSC ADAMS/MARC. With hands-on fabrication and CNC expertise, he keeps virtual robot training grounded in real industrial constraints.

Politecnico di Milano
PoliHub
Farshad Nozad

Farshad Nozad

CTO

  • 8+ years in Reinforcement Learning & Robotic Vision
  • Building Robots and cobots
  • PhD and Postdoc in Robotics

Farshad is a PostDoc robotics researcher specializing in robotic manipulation, navigation, and Vision-Language-Action models. He has led the end-to-end development of autonomous robotic systems, spanning perception, digital twin generation, autonomous control, and real-world deployment. At Phygularity, he drives the technical vision behind the full-stack robotics pipeline, bridging physical intelligence with real-world robotic action.

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Universal Robots
Sepehr Beheshti

Sepehr Beheshti

COO

  • 7+ years in MLs & Bus. Analysis
  • MScs in AI, in Risk Management
  • Startup founder with governance & operations experience

Sepehr is Phygularity's COO, combining engineering, AI, risk, and business execution. He holds master's degrees in AI, Structural Engineering, and Risk Management, and brings 7+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, and business analysis. A startup founder active in the Swiss innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, he leads operations, governance, financial readiness, and company-building at Phygularity.

Università della Svizzera italiana
Politecnico di Milano
UniCredit
Softfin