Passions

Motorsport

Where it all began

Five years old, a helmet twice the size of my head, and already not wanting to slow down. I didn't know it then, but that was the beginning of a love that has never left. That same year, 2008, I watched my first Formula 1 race, and I have not missed a single one since. Early morning, late at night, whatever timezone, whatever the hour. Eighteen years of every qualifying session, every race, every season. Motorsport has been part of my life before I could fully understand it, and it has never loosened its grip.

Motorsport, early karting
Motorsport, on trackNiko

Race mindset

Before I get in the kart I like to take a few minutes to go through everything in my head: the track, the braking points, where the overtaking opportunities are, what the other drivers tend to do. It's become a habit more than a ritual. I find it focuses me in a way not many things do.

On the limit

Wheel to wheel racing is where the fun really is. Two karts side by side, neither driver giving up the corner. It's the purest form of competition I know. I've raced in 24-hour endurance events and represented UCL at the British Universities Karting Championship, which was one of the highlights of my time there. I'm not going to pretend I'm the fastest driver on the grid. But there's something about being on a track, fully committed, that I keep coming back to. It doesn't get old.

Motorsport, racing wheel to wheel

Artificial Intelligence

My curiosity about AI didn't start with a job or a course. It started with films. Watching Terminator, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and others as a kid planted something in my head that never really left. The idea that a machine could think, learn, adapt, and eventually surpass what we thought only humans could do felt both terrifying and completely fascinating. What has always captivated me alongside that is the pace of it. Technology doesn't evolve in a straight line. It jumps. And every time it jumps, it changes what's possible for ordinary people, not just engineers or researchers. The gap between science fiction and daily life keeps shrinking, and I find that genuinely thrilling.

A friend of mine was the one who made it click in a different way. He pointed out something simple but important: we are living through one of the rare moments in history where the tools available to us allow almost anyone to create more, build faster, and operate at a level that would have required entire teams not long ago. That conversation changed how I looked at my own work. AI stopped being something I was curious about from the outside and became something I started actively building with, every day.

What drives me now is being part of something that is actually building the future. I want to be alongside people who share the same curiosity, the same drive, and the same genuine passion for what AI can do. The kind of environment where the problem comes first, where the technology is a tool, and where everyone in the room is genuinely excited about what comes next. That is where I want to be.