Paul Jurcys, PhD

About

I am a co-founder of Prifina, a San Francisco-based personal data technology company which we started in 2018. At Prifina, I serve as the Chief privacy, data & AI officer.

At Prifina, are building a platform where intelligent apps run on top of each user’s own data, privately. Together with my co-founders, we are building a human-centric data ecosystem for people to own and control their personal AI agents. Your belief is that your data is your modern luxury, and that our personal AI agents should help us live healthier and happier lives.

I am also a senior lecturer at Vilnius University Law Faculty (Lithuania) where I teach courses on human-centric data privacy law and CopyrightX - a joint-degree course in collaboration with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

I have a Master’s degree from Harvard Law School, a Ph.D. degree from Kyushu University Faculty of Law (Japan) where I defended a thesis on cross-border litigation in intellectual property cases and was privileged to be mentored by Prof. Toshuyuki Kono. I also received a prestigious JSPS scholarship for post-doctoral studies At Kyushu University.

I have 15+ years of experience in intellectual property, copyright law, and data privacy. Currently, I am excited about the opportunities with generative AI. I am also a licensed attorney in Lithuania.

I frequently speak about innovation, tech trends, and IP-related topics at academic and technology conferences. Currently, I am working on two books: “Data Justice” and “The Creativity Machine” which we expect to publish sometime in 202.