Ed Newton-Rex

Ed Newton-Rex

Palo Alto, California, United States
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I’m VP of Audio at Stability AI. I previously founded Jukedeck, an AI music generation…

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    Fairly Trained

    Palo Alto, California, United States

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Palo Alto, California, United States

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    London

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge

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    London, United Kingdom

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    London, United Kingdom

Education

Volunteer Experience

  • AI Song Contest Graphic

    Judge

    AI Song Contest

    - 1 year

    Arts and Culture

    I helped bring together the team for the first AI Song Contest, held in 2020, and served on the judging panel.

  • CDI Apps for Good Graphic

    Expert

    CDI Apps for Good

    - 2 years

    Children

    Held advice sessions on User & Market Insight and Idea Screening with pupils at The Abbey School and Wilmington Grammar School for Boys to help them develop their apps.

Publications

Patents

Honors & Awards

  • 20:40 Leader of the Future

    20:40

  • Cannes Innovation Lion Winner

    Cannes Innovation Lions

    Jukedeck won an Innovation Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

  • WIRED Audi Innovation Awards - Nominee in AI

    WIRED

    http://www.wired.co.uk/article/innovation-in-ai

  • Winner of TechCrunch Disrupt London 2015

    TechCrunch

    Jukedeck won first prize at TechCrunch Disrupt, a startup competition judged by a panel of investors and industry experts.

  • 100 Hottest European Startups 2015

    WIRED

    Jukedeck were named one of WIRED's Hottest European Startups of 2015.

  • Founders Forum Rising Star

    Founders Forum

    Spoke at the 2015 Founders Forum in London, a gathering of leading digital and technology entrepreneurs.

  • Winner of Pitch@Palace 3.0

    Pitch@Palace

    Jukedeck won Pitch@Palace 3.0, a startup competition organised and hosted by HRH The Duke of York. The pitches were given to a room full of industry experts in St James's Palace.

  • Winner of the LeWeb Startup Competition

    LeWeb

    Jukedeck won the 2014 LeWeb Startup Competition in Paris, judged by a panel of leading technologists.

  • Winner of Google Launchpad

    Google Launchpad

    Google Launchpad was a week-long incubator run out of Google Campus in London - a week of talks and one-on-one mentoring on everything from User Research to Product to Tech.

    At the end of the week, the startups involved took to the stage one by one to present to a room full of investors, Google employees and other startups - and we were judged the winner.

  • Winner of Vator Splash London

    Vator

    Jukedeck won Vator Splash London, the startup pitch competition held in Canary Wharf judged by a panel of leading VCs and investors including Index Ventures, Passion Capital and MMC Ventures.

    Fifty startups applied, and I was one of ten finalists to give a 3-minute pitch to the judges and assembled crowd at Level39. Jukedeck was selected as the winner, with the prizes including £20k worth of services from Rackspace, Taylor Wessing and Blick Rothenberg as well as meetings with several of…

    Jukedeck won Vator Splash London, the startup pitch competition held in Canary Wharf judged by a panel of leading VCs and investors including Index Ventures, Passion Capital and MMC Ventures.

    Fifty startups applied, and I was one of ten finalists to give a 3-minute pitch to the judges and assembled crowd at Level39. Jukedeck was selected as the winner, with the prizes including £20k worth of services from Rackspace, Taylor Wessing and Blick Rothenberg as well as meetings with several of the VCs present.

    There's a write-up of the event here: http://startups.co.uk/london-based-music-software-start-up-awarded-20000-prize-at-leading-tech-pitching-competition/

    "Dream startup team with deceptively simple product for decent digital music. Just a 'hits module' short of a boy band." - Richard Muirhead, Managing Partner at Firestartr.co.

    "I was delighted to be involved in the judging panel. The standard was incredibly high but Jukedeck stood out for its confident pitch and neat solution to very clear use cases in multiple markets." - Rory Stirling, Partner, MMC Ventures.

    "They have a very talented team and are solving a problem that has both commercial value and potential to scale." - Emma Lloyd, Director of Corporate Development & Partnerships and British Sky Broadcasting.

  • Grade 8 (Music Theory)

    ABRSM

  • DipABRSM (Flute)

    ABRSM

  • Grade 8 (Piano)

    ABRSM

  • Grade 8 (Singing)

    ABRSM

Languages

  • C++

    Limited working proficiency

  • Objective-C

    Professional working proficiency

Organizations

  • Founders Pledge

    Member

    - Present

    Through the Founders Pledge, entrepreneurs commit to donate at least 2% of their personal proceeds to a social cause of their choice following an exit.

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