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AI · Cognitive Systems · Causal Inference · Marketing Economics
Brian Curry is a Kansas City–based AI researcher and data scientist, and the founder of Vector1, an independent research studio working at the frontiers of cognitive AI, causal inference, marketing economics, and knowledge engineering. His work centers on building causal, simulation-driven intelligence systems — and on the underlying architectures that let machines reason, remember, and surface the structural forces shaping performance across markets, content ecosystems, and economies.
Vector1's research includes Memory-Node Encapsulation (MNE) and the NeoCortex-M architecture for artificial episodic memory; The Autonomy Economy, a macroeconomic framework for AI-driven transformation; and a family of open-source tools — Papilon for complex-system simulation and optimization, Daedalus for money-flow mapping and economic causal analysis, and MeaningFlow for semantic content modeling and knowledge-graph construction.
Across more than twenty years, Brian has led data science and analytics initiatives at enterprises ranging from $4B to $125B in revenue — Koch Industries, Tractor Supply, Vail Resorts, Hallmark, Garmin, AT&T, and McClatchy — spanning marketing analytics, search and knowledge systems, ML engineering, causal inference, and applied research. He previously founded KC AI Lab, growing it into a 1,500-member AI/ML education community in Kansas City. He holds a BS in Economics from Kansas State University, where he was a college athlete.