Damien Henry is Senior Vice President of Image Research at Jasper.ai. He co-founded Init ML, the company behind Clipdrop and cleanup.pictures, which was acquired by Stability.ai in 2023 and later became part of Jasper.
Earlier, Damien spent six years leading innovation at the Google Arts & Culture Lab, where his team pioneered applications of AI/ML in creativity, including experiments in video generation and text analysis. In 2013, he co-created the prototype that became Google Cardboard, Google’s low-cost VR headset.
Before Google, Damien co-founded AudioGaming and Novelab, building award-winning VR and interactive experiences, and served as the first CTO of Voxler, powering music games with singing voice analysis.
Damien holds an engineering degree in signal analysis, is a co-author of 10 patents, and has won multiple world-class awards throughout his career. A lifelong creator, he continues to explore how technology, AI, and design intersect to open new possibilities
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Damien Henry is Image Research SVP at Jasper.ai. He co-founded Init ML, creators of Clipdrop and cleanup.pictures, acquired by Stability.ai in 2023.
Previously, he led innovation at the Google Arts & Culture Lab, co-created Google Cardboard, and co-founded AudioGaming and Novelab.
Damien holds 10 patents, has earned multiple global awards, and is passionate about building at the intersection of AI, design, and creativity.
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Damien Henry is SVP of Image Research at Jasper.ai, co-founder of Clipdrop, and co-creator of Google Cardboard. He has led innovation at Google Arts & Culture Lab, and builds at the intersection of AI and creativity.
Professional Experiences
- Senior Vice President Image Research, Jasper.ai
- Senior Vice President of Product, Stability.ai,
- Co-founder and COO for Init ML: ClipDrop.co, acquired by Stability.ai in Feb 2023, by Jasper in Feb 2024.
- Created and led a team at Google, doing Arts & Cultures Experiments
- Created the Google Cardboard: Google Cardboard
- Co-founded AudioGaming, pivot to Novelab sold to Mantu.
- CTO of Voxler
- and more.
References
Cardboard related video and articles (in French)
Art selfie (with Cyril Diagne)
Blog post with Google
ML & Art Talks
ML & Art press
Virtual reality
Startups
ANR Projects
Patents
Profiles Pictures
