A. Akber

Aqeel Akber

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I am Aqeel Akber, a Ph.D dropout in nuclear physics at the Australian National University.

I founded a company.
I exited that company.
I am the host of The Aqeel Akber Extra Extra Extravaganza

I will always be a scientist.
I love art, science, nature, and humanity; a lot.
Through their stories and being:
My Father taught me to be a scientist is to be a humble servant to society;
and much more.
My Mother taught me to hold space, make space, to be patient, to work hard, with fire and alacrity.
My Friend and Mentor taught me .. pretty much everything.

I am the product of all my experiences; including publishing these words.
I believe in living the future you wish to see.
I founded my personal research company.
From that, I have now gone all in with meos labs.
I create for-profit companies and startups to make the change I want to see in the world.
I strive to make the economic decision the ethical one.
I will speak, consult, advise, help, etc, for a fee and if there is mutual aligned benefit.
I have a LinkedIn, BlueSky, Instagram, X
I enjoy making machines that help me achieve my goals for fun and profit; to that end,
I am one of those people who have been coding and using *unix forever.
I live contemporary. I'm proud of my ability to learn. I am inspired by existence.
I operate within this system.

I have pride in my queerness.
I will always find beauty.
This blog is a brain dump. Enjoy.

A few things to start with

  • Beyond Wisdom

    Opening keynote at AI in Government, Canberra, July 2025, on intelligence, judgement and what we choose to do with technology.

  • Human/AI Team Building

    What changes when we design the role around the person and their tools?

  • The Synthrole Manifesto

    An invitation to rethink the relationship between people, technology and work.

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An invitation

I speak about human and artificial intelligence, the work we do together, and the futures we choose to build.

For talks, panels and working sessions, tell me about the people in the room and what is on their minds. We can find the questions together.

My Beyond Wisdom talk was the opening keynote at AI in Government in Canberra in 2025.

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Work with me through dsq.studio
Watch Beyond Wisdom

About me, briefly

Aqeel Akber is the founder of dsq.studio and is building Meos Labs. A founder and former director of Thaum, Aqeel led WhalePOD through CSIRO’s ON Accelerate 7 and received the Stanford Australia Foundation–CSIRO Scholarship to attend Stanford Graduate School of Business. Aqeel’s background is in nuclear physics at the Australian National University. Speaking topics include human and artificial intelligence, technology and work. Aqeel also hosts The Aqeel Akber Extra Extra Extravaganza.