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Christopher Bun - Head of Technology & AI in Irvine, CA

Christopher Bun

Executive AI/ML technology leader specializing in healthcare, biotech, and legal AI

Augnition LabsUniversity of ChicagoIrvine, CA17 Years ExperienceExecutive Level

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Repeat founder and startup advisor with experience spanning academic, health tech, legal tech, sports, and gaming. Has participated in fundraising and due diligence and has built companies, engineering teams, and software platforms from scratch, with a strong product-design-first approach to product-market fit and market selection.

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Key Strengths

  • multi-industry founder experience across academic, health tech, legal tech, sports, and gaming
  • hands-on experience with fundraising and due diligence
  • built companies, engineering teams, and software platforms from scratch
  • strong product-market fit orientation
  • customer empathy and persona-driven product design
  • thoughtful market assessment and gap identification
  • strategic approach to selecting value-add investors
  • mission-driven and impact-oriented opportunity evaluation

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Experience

Head of Technology & AIAugnition Labs · Feb 2025 – Present
AI and Technology LeadStealth Mode Biotech · Feb 2025 – Present
Director of Artificial IntelligenceKirkland & Ellis · Jul 2023 – Mar 2025
Senior Advisor, AI & TechnologyKirkland & Ellis · Oct 2017 – Jul 2023
Chief Scientific OfficerCancerIQ · Nov 2021 – May 2023
Chief Technology OfficerCancerIQ · Jan 2016 – Nov 2021
Principal Software Architect, Co-FounderCancerIQ · Oct 2014 – Jan 2016
Research Lead & AI AdvisorFreelance · Jan 2020 – Presentfreelance
Computational Scientist / ResearcherArgonne National Laboratory · Sep 2011 – Nov 2017
Adjunct Lecturer & ResearcherLoyola University Chicago · Aug 2008 – May 2010part-time

Education

University of Chicagodoctorate, Computer Science (2016)
University of Chicagomaster, Computer Science (2013)
Loyola University Chicagomaster, Scientific Computing (2010)
Loyola University Chicagobachelor, Bioinformatics (2008)

Languages

English

Publications

5 publications

Generative AI evaluation in oncologyComputational genomicsBioinformaticsGenome assemblyMicrobial genomicsSequence analysisCancer informatics

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