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 lead public policy, data privacy & AI, and biz dev activities.

At Prifina, are building a platform where intelligent applications run on top of each user’s own data, privately. Together with my co-founders, we believe that the future will be human-centric, and that each of us will have many personal “AI buddies” that will help us live healthier and happier lives.

I am also a visiting lecturer at Vilnius University Law Faculty (in 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 frequently speak about innovation, tech trends, and IP-related topics at academic and technology conferences. Currently, I am working on two books: “Liberty. Equality. Data” and “The Creativity Machine” which we expect to publish in the beginning of 2024.