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Latent Variables
San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco applied-research lab building agentic AI systems to help organizations understand and implement change. It combines adaptive voice conversations with behavioral science to reveal undocumented work practices, adoption barriers and coordination problems, and turns this evidence into decisions and follow-up measurement. Applications include AI adoption, organizational redesign, leadership transitions, healthcare implementation and employee feedback. The lab has roots in University of Michigan research. Its legal operator is Transformation, Co., a Delaware corporation formerly named Altrix Technologies, Inc.; the former Altrix product focused on an AI copilot for nurses. Current published leads are co-founders Hector Benitez Ventura, Yashraj Patel and Noah Alexander. VamosVentures lists the company in its portfolio. Its predecessor appears in Techstars’ Fall2025 AI Health Baltimore cohort, powered by Johns Hopkins University and CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield. Exact financing cash amounts, stages and closing dates have not been verified from a transaction-specific primary source.
Team
 Hector Benitez VenturaCo-founder and Member of Research Staff · Co-founder and CEO, Altrix predecessor (historical 2025 directory) |
Jake ZurCo-founder and CTO, Altrix predecessor (historical 2025 directory) |
Noah AlexanderCo-founder and Member of Research Staff |
Yashraj PatelCo-founder and Member of Technical Staff · Chief Information Security Officer |