Thanos Papangelis
Co-founder and Chief Research Officer @ TalentLMS/Epignosis
Thanos Papangelis is a builder, founder, and investor based in Greece. He co-founded Epignosis and spent over 16 years as its CEO, where he and his team built learning tools including eFront, TalentLMS, TalentCards, and TalentHR, now trusted by tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. Today, he remains involved as a board member and advisor and angel-invests in a handful of startups he believes in. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has spent most of his career writing software or leading development teams. More recently, he has become fascinated by how AI is reshaping the way products are built, enabling one person with good taste and the right tools to accomplish what once required an entire team. Through his writing, he explores how AI is transforming the world, from the way people work and build to how they live. His topics range from software and organizations to broader questions about the future, all connected by one central theme: what changes when intelligence becomes cheap. He also shares his thoughts and insights on LinkedIn, while his side projects, including games and tools he develops, are featured on his Experiments page.