Jake Taylor

Jake Taylor is the CEO of Axiomatic AI, which is developing AI that produces trusted outcomes to build the foundation for scientific general intelligence. Taylor has a long tenure in this space, having helped architect America's quantum strategy and build the federal infrastructure for AI standards. Before Axiomatic, Taylor co-founded the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science at the University of Maryland and established the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. From 2017 to 2020, he served as the first assistant director for Quantum Information Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he led the US effort to create and implement the National Quantum Initiative. A fellow of the American Physical Society and of Optica, he received the bronze, silver, and gold medals from the US Department of Commerce — recognition spanning both his foundational research and his work translating science into national capability.