Joel is the Founder and CEO Sana Labs, a leading artificial intelligence company pioneering personalized learning. An enterprising child, Joel taught himself to code in C at age 13 and founded his first company, a video recommendation technology, at 16.

In 2021, he topped the list of Forbes 30 under 30 for his work on reimagining learning. In 2019, The Guardian named Joel in the top 10 of under 35’s changing the world for the better.

Joel's work has been featured in leading forums including NAACL, SXSW, Fast Company, TED, BBC, Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Cheddar, Slush, Cognition X, Financial Times, The Guardian, and Wired.