Advisors
Joyce Ruffell — Research Engineer, OpenAI, leading AI strategy in Motorsports
“I chase the most interesting business problems,” Joyce said over lunch at Salesforce Tower, on Gaby's birthday this year. It landed like words that had been sitting dormant, waiting to be said out loud. The two knew immediately they'd found the right project to build together.
Joyce is a research engineer at OpenAI who has contributed to several of the company's flagship products and models, working at the intersection of advanced AI research and practical deployment, turning technical progress into tools and systems with real-world impact. Off the clock, that same instinct shows up trackside: she applies AI to performance-critical environments on and off the racetrack, where small gains in efficiency, timing, and decision-making create a competitive edge. That's the eye Joyce brings to Ceiba Uni: a hunger for new versions of data, and the instinct to know a good problem when she sees one.
Monisha Somji — Former Chief Data Officer, Waymo
Working alongside Monisha this year, hearing how she carried the CDO role at Waymo, Gaby recognized a woman who can hold the energy in a room full of doubt. That strength was something felt, not just observed. As Ceiba Uni's learning and development models meet their own doubt, Monisha is who Gaby wants in the room.
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