
Borja G. León
923 posts

Borja G. León
@borruell
Chief Scientist at @iconicgamesio | Lead @ic_arl | prev @SonyAI_global @Meta @imperialcollege



Keynote alert📢 Sebastian Risi is coming to Madrid! We’re thrilled to welcome Sebastian (@SakanaAILabs / ITU Copenhagen) to #CoG2026. Join us to explore the frontier of neuroevolution, creative AI, and biological intelligence. 📅 Sept 1–4 📍 @UCMccinf cog2026.org/nuevaWeb/index…





We're looking for Research Scientists and Engineers to join the AI team at @iconicgamesio in London. n London. We have diverse positions including: Model Optimization/Efficient Inference, Open-Endedness/Reinforcement Learning, and Generative Vision & Multimodal Foundational Models. Apply here: ats.rippling.com/en-GB/iconic/j… Learn more about Iconic: iconicgames.io We're a small, growing team with high ownership, crafting the minds that inhabit and shape new worlds for interactive entertainment. If you're into games, blueprinting consciousness, or simply building personas that transmit and evoke feelings and emotions beyond what any chatbot assistant could ever do, this is your place. These openings are also suitable for final-year PhD students with experience in the relevant field. Any questions, my DMs are open.

We're looking for Research Scientists and Engineers to join the AI team at @iconicgamesio in London. n London. We have diverse positions including: Model Optimization/Efficient Inference, Open-Endedness/Reinforcement Learning, and Generative Vision & Multimodal Foundational Models. Apply here: ats.rippling.com/en-GB/iconic/j… Learn more about Iconic: iconicgames.io We're a small, growing team with high ownership, crafting the minds that inhabit and shape new worlds for interactive entertainment. If you're into games, blueprinting consciousness, or simply building personas that transmit and evoke feelings and emotions beyond what any chatbot assistant could ever do, this is your place. These openings are also suitable for final-year PhD students with experience in the relevant field. Any questions, my DMs are open.

ICARL seminar next Wednesday! @janexwang Senior staff research scientist at @GoogleDeepMind will be presenting SIMA 2: A Generalist Embodied Agent for Virtual Worlds. 🗓️Feb 4th, 5:30 pm 📍Huxley Building @ICComputing, Imperial College London, room 340 This is an in-person seminar co-hosted with @ICDoCSoc This event is also open to non-Imperial attendees! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/imperial-col…

📢 New PhD Position 📢 We (@_rockt, @borruell, and I) are looking for a PhD student to work at the intersection of open-endedness and game design. The student will be part of the @UCL_DARK lab and funded by @iconicgamesio and UCL. See this doc for a more detailed description of the research direction and candidate expectations: docs.google.com/document/d/1Z7… To apply, please complete this form by January 15: docs.google.com/forms/d/16JGfS…

📢 New PhD Position 📢 We (@_rockt, @borruell, and I) are looking for a PhD student to work at the intersection of open-endedness and game design. The student will be part of the @UCL_DARK lab and funded by @iconicgamesio and UCL. See this doc for a more detailed description of the research direction and candidate expectations: docs.google.com/document/d/1Z7… To apply, please complete this form by January 15: docs.google.com/forms/d/16JGfS…

📢 New PhD Position 📢 We (@_rockt, @borruell, and I) are looking for a PhD student to work at the intersection of open-endedness and game design. The student will be part of the @UCL_DARK lab and funded by @iconicgamesio and UCL. See this doc for a more detailed description of the research direction and candidate expectations: docs.google.com/document/d/1Z7… To apply, please complete this form by January 15: docs.google.com/forms/d/16JGfS…

Today, we’re excited to announce that Iconic has raised a $13M Seed round, co-led by @KindredVentures and @northzoneVC , with participation from Google AI Futures Fund, @conviction , Deepwater Asset Management, @sequoia scouts, and a group of exceptional angels.

Applications are open for the CBAI Spring Research Fellowship in AI Safety! Collaborate with established researchers to kickstart your career in AI alignment and governance research. We provide mentorship, stipend, housing in Cambridge, 24/7 office access in Harvard Square, generous APIs & compute, and speaker events with leading researchers.





