Brendan Hermalyn

Founder & CEO
Thalo Labs
Dr. Brendan Hermalyn is the Founder and CEO of Thalo Labs. Dr. Hermalyn is a former NASA scientist who has made systems that have been deployed on land, air, and space — from Antarctica to the moon. Before founding Thalo, he ran the space imaging systems group at Skybox Imaging (acquired by Google), led Waymo's camera program, and ran GM/Cruise's autonomous vehicle hardware programs.

Named in the 2024 Grist50 list of innovating climate leaders.