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John Carmack

Founder, Keen Technologies

Known asAmerican computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
RolesFounder, Keen Technologies
EducationUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City
RecognitionD.I.C.E. Awards, Game Developers Choice Award - Lifetime Achievement, BAFTA Fellowship
LinksWikipedia · keenagi.com

About John Carmack

John Carmack is the founder of Keen Technologies.

Keen Technologies: John Carmack's AGI research company; Richard Sutton is a research partner.

John studied at University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Honours for John's work include: D.I.C.E. Awards, Game Developers Choice Award - Lifetime Achievement and BAFTA Fellowship.

Today Keen Technologies ranks #122 of 144 on the AGIX Leaderboard. It's one of the companies shaping how general-purpose AI gets built, and John is part of that story.

Facts from public company information, Wikipedia and Wikidata; lab figures from AGIX data, 2 Nov 2026. John, or someone who works with them? Suggest an update.

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