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Vice President, Business Development
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Will Smith is Vice President of Business Development at Lila Sciences, where he builds and scales the company's external partnerships and customer pipeline, translating Lila's technical capabilities into collaboration and real-world impact.
Prior to LILA, Will was a Partner at McChrystal Group, a global organizational performance consulting firm. He began his career as an officer in the United States Army.
Will holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University.
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4/26/2026
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Scientific Superintelligence: The Deep Blue Moment
In 1997, Deep Blue defeated the world chess champion. In 2016, AlphaGo’s Move 37 showed AI could generate creative strategies no human had ever conceived. Now, in 2026, we are witnessing the equivalent moment for all of science. Companies like Lila Sciences are building AI systems that autonomously perform the scientific method (generating hypotheses, designing experiments, running physical labs, and iterating) at superhuman speed and scale.
3/20/2026
Blog
AI is not going to solve all the problems in the energy sector. But it might fix this one.
Shell's Pearl GTL plant took 40 years and $19 billion to deliver ROI — a timeline oil and gas can no longer afford. This piece explores how Lila Sciences' technology is compressing R&D cycles from decades to months through autonomous, lab-based experimentation.