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# Michael Lingelbach

Michael Lingelbach is the founder and chief executive of Hedra, the a16z-backed AI company behind the Character-3 video model and Hedra Model Factory. At Stanford University he worked on the iGibson and BEHAVIOR robot simulation platforms.

**Founder and CEO** at Hedra

## Coverage

- [undefined](/article/physical-ai-hedra) - Artificial Intelligence, 2026-11-10