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Joshua Vounatsos
Founder of Horizont Inc. (PBC). On a mission to revolutionize education and unlock human potential at global scale.
Burner. Photographer on weekends, DJ as ORPHIR when the room asks.
Currently
Updated May 2026
Building Horizont — an operating layer for ambitious people. Education-first, AI-native, human in command. Splitting time between SF, Berlin, and NYC.
read the now pageOpinions
Where I'm being opinionated. Mostly education, AI, and what builders are missing.
Short posts and threads. Read at your own risk.
Selected
Deep Tech Week
2024 — presentFounding volunteer
Volunteer at Andrew Côté's deep tech week since the SF 2024 edition. Returning every edition since.
USS Hornet Defense Tech Hackathon
Nov 2024Judge
Judge at the November 2024 hackathon aboard the USS Hornet — projects across autonomy, sensing, and dual-use AI.
SF Standard
May 2023Featured
Featured in the piece on The Commons SF — the coworking space where I was also a volunteer — and the new shape of friendship-driven coworking in the city.
Off-hours
A camera and a record bag, roughly in that order.
Photographs
more on instagram ↗Sets — as orphir
full profile ↗My own sets above. Also worth a scroll through my likes — some really good ones in there.
Writing
Writing on education and human potential. First piece coming — subscribe to catch it.