Josh Lessing

Josh Lessing

Josh Lessing

Co-Founder and CEO | Root AI

Josh is one of the world’s leading minds on dexterous robotic handling, previously serving as the Director of R&D at Soft Robotics Inc. His current venture, Root AI, is integrating advanced robotics, vision systems and artificial intelligence to automate the multibillion-dollar agricultural sector. Josh was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science & Robotics at Harvard University, having earned a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sc.B. in Chemistry from Brown University.