Doug Ward

AIAC1.com

📍 United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2025
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Jul 2025
Terra Quantum is a leading quantum technology company based in Germany and Switzerland. It provides "Quantum as a Service (QaaS)“ in three core areas, the first one being "Quantum Algorithms as a Service". Here, customers are provided access to an extensive library of algorithms, such as hybrid quantum optimization and hybrid quantum neural networks, which can be used for solving complex logistics problems or pattern recognition, among other things. Terra Quantum also develops new quantum algorithms for its customers or adapts existing algorithms to their specific needs. Secondly, through "Quantum Computing as a Service", Terra Quantum offers its customers access to its proprietary high-performance simulated quantum processing units (QPU), the quantum ecosystem’s physical QPUs, while also developing native QPUs. The third division is "Quantum Security as a Service," through which Terra Quantum offers its unique solutions for secure quantum and post-quantum communications worldwide.
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Jan 2025
MossKind is a boutique transformation partner. We don’t do decks. We transform how companies work. Alongside leaders, we design and implement intelligent operating models for the AI age; aligning structure, systems, and people to drive real performance.” We specialise in restructuring, operating model design, organisation transformation, and talent acquisition. We’re not career consultants. We’ve sat in your seat, led transformations, and built businesses under pressure. That’s why we don’t just advise, we implement real change that lasts. We don’t do vanity projects. We don’t show up with a playbook, drop some slides, and walk away. We embed ourselves in your business, get our hands dirty, and understand it as deeply as you do; sometimes better. Our job isn’t to dictate; it’s to drive real, lasting change. Success isn’t a report; it’s you thriving long after we’re gone and knowing exactly when to call us back for the next transformation. Because business doesn’t stand still, and neither do we.
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Sep 2024
Hireable is an outplacement services, career consulting and e-learning organisation, founded in mid-2023 with the aim of supporting experienced professionals in navigating the post-pandemic employment market. Since the global pandemic flooded our lives in early 2020, the job market has been in the throes of constant and fleeting change. Employers went from making mass redundancies in 2020, to hiring aggressively throughout 2021 and 2022 to replenish depleted workforces, to realising theyre over-leveraged in 2023 and making further redundancies.  ​ In addition, from the employees perspective, many have gone from long commutes and 5 days a week in the office to flexible and remote working. There is tension between employees and their organisations with the latter trying to move back to an office-heavy model and the former wanting to maintain independence and work/life balance. Those that are being forced to work remotely when they want a vibrant office environment or those that are being forced into the office when they long for more freedom and flexibility will be looking to re-train and make major changes in their career. Whether change is driven by an organisation or an individual employee, Hireable provides a platform and suite of services that can help experienced professionals through the full lifecycle of career transitions. Get Seen "Get Seen" with Hireable using our CV Services, Social Media Coaching, Job Search Coaching and much more! Once youve done that, keep reading to learn how we can help you "Get Heard" ​ Get Heard "Get Heard" by mastering the art of networking and interviewing to make sure youre not only in front of the right people, but ready to ace your elevator pitch when you are! Get Hired "Get Hired" with bespoke coaching and access to our state-of-the-art learning management system where you can gain access to a vast library of courses you can do to upskill yourself or learn something new.
Lead Investor
Mar 2024
We build AI Native companies. We have our own products and AI agents that transform how enterprises operate, reducing costs, unlocking revenue, and delivering outcomes that werent possible before. Trusted by FTSE 100, FTSE 250, and Fortune 500 companies across the UK, US, South America and Europe.
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Investor
Jul 2025
Terra Quantum is a leading quantum technology company based in Germany and Switzerland. It provides "Quantum as a Service (QaaS)“ in three core areas, the first one being "Quantum Algorithms as a Service". Here, customers are provided access to an extensive library of algorithms, such as hybrid quantum optimization and hybrid quantum neural networks, which can be used for solving complex logistics problems or pattern recognition, among other things. Terra Quantum also develops new quantum algorithms for its customers or adapts existing algorithms to their specific needs. Secondly, through "Quantum Computing as a Service", Terra Quantum offers its customers access to its proprietary high-performance simulated quantum processing units (QPU), the quantum ecosystem’s physical QPUs, while also developing native QPUs. The third division is "Quantum Security as a Service," through which Terra Quantum offers its unique solutions for secure quantum and post-quantum communications worldwide.
Investor
Jan 2025
MossKind is a boutique transformation partner. We don’t do decks. We transform how companies work. Alongside leaders, we design and implement intelligent operating models for the AI age; aligning structure, systems, and people to drive real performance.” We specialise in restructuring, operating model design, organisation transformation, and talent acquisition. We’re not career consultants. We’ve sat in your seat, led transformations, and built businesses under pressure. That’s why we don’t just advise, we implement real change that lasts. We don’t do vanity projects. We don’t show up with a playbook, drop some slides, and walk away. We embed ourselves in your business, get our hands dirty, and understand it as deeply as you do; sometimes better. Our job isn’t to dictate; it’s to drive real, lasting change. Success isn’t a report; it’s you thriving long after we’re gone and knowing exactly when to call us back for the next transformation. Because business doesn’t stand still, and neither do we.
CEO & General Partner
Jan 2025
AIAC1 (“the Company”) is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. While the Company may pursue an initial business combination target in any stage of its corporate evolution or in any industry or sector, the Company intends to focus its initial search on companies in the European infrastructure industry.
2024
Investor
Sep 2024
Hireable is an outplacement services, career consulting and e-learning organisation, founded in mid-2023 with the aim of supporting experienced professionals in navigating the post-pandemic employment market. Since the global pandemic flooded our lives in early 2020, the job market has been in the throes of constant and fleeting change. Employers went from making mass redundancies in 2020, to hiring aggressively throughout 2021 and 2022 to replenish depleted workforces, to realising theyre over-leveraged in 2023 and making further redundancies.  ​ In addition, from the employees perspective, many have gone from long commutes and 5 days a week in the office to flexible and remote working. There is tension between employees and their organisations with the latter trying to move back to an office-heavy model and the former wanting to maintain independence and work/life balance. Those that are being forced to work remotely when they want a vibrant office environment or those that are being forced into the office when they long for more freedom and flexibility will be looking to re-train and make major changes in their career. Whether change is driven by an organisation or an individual employee, Hireable provides a platform and suite of services that can help experienced professionals through the full lifecycle of career transitions. Get Seen "Get Seen" with Hireable using our CV Services, Social Media Coaching, Job Search Coaching and much more! Once youve done that, keep reading to learn how we can help you "Get Heard" ​ Get Heard "Get Heard" by mastering the art of networking and interviewing to make sure youre not only in front of the right people, but ready to ace your elevator pitch when you are! Get Hired "Get Hired" with bespoke coaching and access to our state-of-the-art learning management system where you can gain access to a vast library of courses you can do to upskill yourself or learn something new.
Lead Investor
Mar 2024
We build AI Native companies. We have our own products and AI agents that transform how enterprises operate, reducing costs, unlocking revenue, and delivering outcomes that werent possible before. Trusted by FTSE 100, FTSE 250, and Fortune 500 companies across the UK, US, South America and Europe.
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