Founder & CEO · DigiChem
Architected and built the agentic AI platform; raised outside funding on the strength of the working product.
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greg ellson
founder & ceo, digichem
Greg is the founder and CEO of DigiChem, where he architected and personally built an agentic AI platform that runs complex chemical manufacturing workflows. The system orchestrates frontier LLMs with computational chemistry tools and deep domain expertise.
A materials science PhD turned founder, he spent six years leading product and engineering for Inkbit’s advanced additive manufacturing platform. These days he runs DigiChem AI-native across the whole company, from engineering to legal, marketing, finance, and research.
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2024 —
DigiChem
founding, agentic systems, product
The company and its product, an agentic AI platform for chemical manufacturing. Built hands-on from concept to a working product with design partners, and funded on the strength of it.
2021 – 2023
Inkbit Construct
product lifecycle, build-preparation software
A standalone digital build-preparation product, led through its full lifecycle with 100+ features prioritized across 18 customer releases.
2017 – 2021
Inkbit's manufacturing platform
materials R&D, process engineering, product management
Four years inside Inkbit’s additive manufacturing platform, from process engineer to R&D director to the company’s first PM. Along the way: a $2.5M Johnson & Johnson joint development agreement and DARPA- and NSF-funded program milestones.
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2024 —
2023 – 2024
Principal · Praxis Ventures
Technical and commercial due diligence on early-stage software and manufacturing companies.
2021 – 2023
Director, Product & Applications · Inkbit
Led Inkbit Construct through its full lifecycle; 100+ features across 18 customer releases.
2019 – 2021
Product Manager · Inkbit
Sole PM; built the product management function from scratch.
2017 – 2019
Director, Materials & Process Engineering · Inkbit
Joined as process engineer; rose to direct the interdisciplinary R&D team building the manufacturing platform.
Education
2014 – 2017
PhD, Materials Science & Engineering · UT Dallas
2010 – 2014
BS, Mechanical Engineering · Georgia Tech
Skills
Agentic systems & LLM orchestration · evaluation frameworks & RAG · TypeScript, React, Python & Rust · rapid prototyping & system architecture · zero-to-one product development · product discovery · AI-native business operations
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