Founder & CEO, Oak AI

Tom Law is the Founder and CEO of Maine startup Oak AI, an applied ethics startup company building next-generation AI to simplify the internet and give individuals agency online.

Tom earned a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Instrumentation from Syracuse University and has served in many leadership roles at both startups and large companies for over a decade.

Tom's teams have worked on some of the hardest problems of our times — 6G wireless, green energy, cyber-physical systems, autonomous robotics, and AI systems, among others.

Tom believes deeply not just in advancing technology, but doing it safely, sustainably, and with a focus that our systems are really about the people that use them; the everyday tools we use should bring joy, improve lives, and make the world a little bit better every day.

In addition to startup life and parenting, Tom serves as a board member for the Foundation for Portland Public Schools, is a founding member of the Maine AI Consortium, has served as a chairperson for the National Society of Black Engineers Aerospace Special.

Interest Group, and is the current President of the Talbot Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization, among other nonprofit and volunteer work.