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Vice President, Controller
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Pete Ricci leads accounting at Lila Sciences, overseeing financial operations, reporting, and systems that support the company’s growth and strategic mission.
Pete is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 15 years of global finance and accounting experience, specializing in technical accounting, internal controls and SOX implementations, complex transactions, IPO readiness, and systems implementations.
Prior to joining Lila, Pete served as Global Controller at Indigo Ag and previously worked in public accounting advising clients across multiple industries.
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9/10/2026
Blog
What’s a Science Startup Doing with an Open-Endedness Team?
Open-ended search is core infrastructure for scientific superintelligence, according to AI researcher Ken Stanley. This profile of Stanley's open-endedness team at Lila Sciences explores why that approach is central to autonomous science.
9/8/2026
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Ben Kompa, LILA's Head of AI-Lab Innovation, named to MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35
Ben Kompa, Head of AI-Lab Innovation, has been named to MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35. Ben's work sits at the intersection of AI and automated experimentation, exactly the kind of bridge-building this recognition is meant to celebrate.
