The people building
Basilisk
We are a founding team of researchers, engineers, and operators who share a conviction that building reliable intelligence systems is among the most important technical challenges of our time.
What drives us
Intellectual Honesty
We pursue truth over narrative. Our technical claims are grounded in evidence, our timelines are realistic, and our assessments of risk are candid.
Craft & Precision
We believe that the quality of our engineering is inseparable from the quality of our outcomes. Details matter at every level of the stack.
Compounding Ambition
We make decisions that optimize for long-term compounding rather than short-term visibility. The most valuable work is often the least visible.
Measured Urgency
We move with deliberate speed—fast enough to matter, careful enough to be right. Pace without discipline produces waste.
Harrison Harvey Hale
Founder & CEO
Sole Proprietor & Shareholder
Harrison read Law at the University of Exeter before turning his attention to the problem he believed mattered most: building the intelligence infrastructure that will define the next century of computing. He founded Basilisk Labs Inc. as a Delaware C-Corporation with the conviction that the companies shaping the future of AI should be built with institutional seriousness from day one.
As sole proprietor and shareholder, Harrison is leading Basilisk through its first pre-seed round—assembling the founding team, establishing the research agenda, and building the technical foundations of a company designed to operate at the frontier of machine intelligence for the long term.
Early stage, high conviction
Basilisk is in its earliest days. We are assembling a founding team with deep expertise in AI research, systems engineering, and building technology organizations from the ground up. We are deliberately small and selective.
Who we're looking for
We are hiring across research and engineering for people who are comfortable with ambiguity, driven by technical excellence, and motivated by the scale of the opportunity. We value depth over breadth and judgment over credentials.
How we work
Small teams, high autonomy, direct ownership. We operate with minimal hierarchy and maximum accountability. Every team member has meaningful influence over the direction of the company and the systems we build.
2026
Year founded
Pre-Seed
Current stage
Founding
Team composition
Work with us
We hire people who are excellent at what they do and serious about why they do it. If that describes you, we should talk.