{"id":33,"date":"2022-08-13T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T13:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2022-08-13T21:44:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T01:44:46","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/?page_id=33","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-style-pill-shape is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-twitter  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dogichow\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M22.23,5.924c-0.736,0.326-1.527,0.547-2.357,0.646c0.847-0.508,1.498-1.312,1.804-2.27 c-0.793,0.47-1.671,0.812-2.606,0.996C18.324,4.498,17.257,4,16.077,4c-2.266,0-4.103,1.837-4.103,4.103 c0,0.322,0.036,0.635,0.106,0.935C8.67,8.867,5.647,7.234,3.623,4.751C3.27,5.357,3.067,6.062,3.067,6.814 c0,1.424,0.724,2.679,1.825,3.415c-0.673-0.021-1.305-0.206-1.859-0.513c0,0.017,0,0.034,0,0.052c0,1.988,1.414,3.647,3.292,4.023 c-0.344,0.094-0.707,0.144-1.081,0.144c-0.264,0-0.521-0.026-0.772-0.074c0.522,1.63,2.038,2.816,3.833,2.85 c-1.404,1.1-3.174,1.756-5.096,1.756c-0.331,0-0.658-0.019-0.979-0.057c1.816,1.164,3.973,1.843,6.29,1.843 c7.547,0,11.675-6.252,11.675-11.675c0-0.178-0.004-0.355-0.012-0.531C20.985,7.47,21.68,6.747,22.23,5.924z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-lakatos-1b299b16\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"244\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/papamamamimi-1024x244.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/papamamamimi-1024x244.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/papamamamimi-300x71.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/papamamamimi-768x183.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/papamamamimi-1536x365.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/papamamamimi-192x46.jpeg 192w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/papamamamimi.jpeg 2026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! My name is D\u00e1vid Lakatos and that&#8217;s my lovely wife and my daughter at a wedding of a friend. I am from Budapest, Hungary. I grew up there and I miss it a lot, minus our low-quality bozo politicians. I lived in&nbsp;Toronto,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tudelft.nl\/live\/pagina.jsp?id=01fd1509-de94-4c64-85a3-3c36aab35e3f\" target=\"_blank\">Delft<\/a>,&nbsp;and now in Cambridge, MA, where I went to school at the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/media.mit.edu\/\">MIT Media Lab<\/a>&nbsp;in Prof.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hiroshi_Ishii\">Hiroshi Ishii<\/a>\u2018s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tangible.media.mit.edu\/\">Tangible Media Group<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tonymattdavid-1024x680.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" width=\"455\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tonymattdavid-1024x680.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tonymattdavid-300x199.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tonymattdavid-768x510.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tonymattdavid-1536x1020.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tonymattdavid-192x128.jpeg 192w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tonymattdavid.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><figcaption>Tony, Matt, and me on graduation day. I think we got our first office space the next day for Sold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/54339_601203680848_6074885_o-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/54339_601203680848_6074885_o-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/54339_601203680848_6074885_o-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/54339_601203680848_6074885_o-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/54339_601203680848_6074885_o-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/54339_601203680848_6074885_o-192x144.jpeg 192w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/54339_601203680848_6074885_o.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Random Media Lab photo, at TMG with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chad_Hurley\">Chad Hurley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Megan_Smith\">Megan Smith<\/a> and Hiroshi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After MIT, I co-founded Sold. with two of my friends, an automated peer-to-peer selling service, which after receiving funding from Google Ventures, Matrix Partners, Greylock partners, and a number of angel investors <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/QsfQ3\">was acquired by Dropbox at the end of 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of 2014, I joined up with some of my friends from the Media Lab at <a href=\"https:\/\/formlabs.com\/\">Formlabs<\/a>, which was just starting to deliver its first Kickstarter product \u2013 the Form 1. Over the last 8+ years (written in 2022) I have been the Chief Product Officer at Formlabs responsible for delivering the best desktop 3D printing experience on the market for engineers, designers, and professionals out there, leading various parts of the company including product, marketing, materials engineering, and business development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ianshanedavid-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ianshanedavid-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ianshanedavid-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ianshanedavid-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ianshanedavid-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ianshanedavid-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ianshanedavid-192x144.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>With Ian Ferguson and Shane Wighton after launching the Form 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lukedavid-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lukedavid-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lukedavid-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lukedavid-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lukedavid-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lukedavid-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lukedavid-192x128.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Luke Winston and I are learning how PR works in China, when we opened our office in Shenzhen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/maxianfablab-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/maxianfablab-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/maxianfablab-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/maxianfablab-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/maxianfablab-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/maxianfablab-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/maxianfablab-192x144.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Max, Ian and I found a still operating Form 1 at Fablab Budapest randomly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/max-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/max-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/max-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/max-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/max-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/max-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/max-192x144.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Max Lobovsky inspecting some sake bottles at one of our Japanese partner meetings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/davidhannovermesse-1024x537.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" width=\"404\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/davidhannovermesse-1024x537.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/davidhannovermesse-300x157.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/davidhannovermesse-768x403.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/davidhannovermesse-192x101.jpeg 192w, http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/davidhannovermesse.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><figcaption>Announcing the Form 3 at Hannover Messe \u2013 felt pretty claustrophobic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/How-They-Do-It.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Funny video made by Craig Broady about how the tower extrusion was made for the Form 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am always interested to learn about new budding companies and ideas. If you think I can help reach out. Also because I don&#8217;t have a better place to put these, here are the two longest, single-author documents I have ever written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>david [[et)) lakatosdavid [(dot}) hu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4ec771f9-89e4-4284-9774-b384b864a30a\" href=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Optical-Investigation-of-Suspended-Carbon-Nanotube-\u2013-David-Lakatos-BSc-Thesis-\u2013-December-2009.pdf\">BSc Thesis (Dec 2009) \u2013 \u201cOptical Investigation of Suspended Carbon Nanotubes&#8221;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Optical-Investigation-of-Suspended-Carbon-Nanotube-\u2013-David-Lakatos-BSc-Thesis-\u2013-December-2009.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4ec771f9-89e4-4284-9774-b384b864a30a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5f727bba-f193-4dfc-b130-8d6a60d94cfc\" href=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AMPHORM-\u2013-Form-Giving-through-Gestural-Interaction-to-Shape-Changing-Objects-\u2013-David-Lakatos-MSc-thesis.pdf\">MSc Thesis (June 2012) \u2013 &#8220;AMPHORM \u2013 Form Giving through Gestural Interaction to Shape Changing Objects&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/104.196.21.78\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AMPHORM-\u2013-Form-Giving-through-Gestural-Interaction-to-Shape-Changing-Objects-\u2013-David-Lakatos-MSc-thesis.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5f727bba-f193-4dfc-b130-8d6a60d94cfc\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! My name is D\u00e1vid Lakatos and that&#8217;s my lovely wife and my daughter at a wedding of a friend. I am from Budapest, Hungary. I grew up there and I miss it a lot, minus our low-quality bozo politicians. I lived in&nbsp;Toronto,&nbsp;Delft,&nbsp;and now in Cambridge, MA, where I went to school at the&nbsp;MIT Media &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/?page_id=33\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About me<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60,"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lakatosdavid.hu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}