Prior to XLabs, Travis was Chief Science Officer & cofounder of Seldn, an AI that could accurately predict rare global socio-economic disruptions. Travis led the team at Seldn to predict ‘black swans’ such as labor strikes in 12 countries, massive jumps in 30+ commodities & currencies, and societal riots four months before they happened, with 95% accuracy. Prior to Seldn, Travis co-founded and led Rotary Gallop – a machine learning fintech firm that applied game theory to corporate control (for M&A, hostile takeover, and activist situations).

Travis's analyses and quotes have been featured heavily in popular media, including the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. He has pioneered several AI algorithms as well as new approaches to engineering moonshots and novel breakthroughs. Travis received his PhD in Physics & Nanotechnology from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the world’s leading institution for condensed matter physics, and holds a B.S in physics from Purdue University. His PhD thesis lays the foundation for engineering next-gen nanotube based transistors for computers by increasing conductance by 1000x and creation of rare theorized low dimensional electron states.