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How David Mount became employee #2 (for the second time) at 10x Science
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David Mount has started four companies, served as CTO, watched funding dry up, and built a passion project about nuclear energy called Atomic Ambitions.
Key facts
- Two weeks later, a founder from 10x Science reached out, someone who had taken the time to experience Atomic Ambitions
- David Mount has started four companies, served as CTO, watched funding dry up, and built a passion project about nuclear energy called Atomic Ambitions
- 10x Science (W26) uses AI to process scientific data and unlock bio-chemical discovery, with work already proven in cellular-scale advances across medicine, biotech, and pharmacology
- Mount evaluated 10x Science the way he evaluates any opportunity, with a short checklist
Summary
David Mount has started four companies, served as CTO, watched funding dry up, and built a passion project about nuclear energy called Atomic Ambitions. 10x Science (W26) uses AI to process scientific data and unlock bio-chemical discovery, with work already proven in cellular-scale advances across medicine, biotech, and pharmacology. The interviews clicked, and Mount was invited for a two-day, on-site work trial. "I felt like I was back at college going for as much partial credit as I could get, while having to face the fact that I hadn't measured up," he says. Mount is employee number two, a position he has held before at another company, which earns him the self-appointed title of "Elder Statesman.