Indy Sanders

Indy Sanders is the Founder & CEO of Lucid:  building AI with real-time emotional intelligence to redefine how humans connect to content. At 13, Indy left school to compete as a pro tennis player, traveling to 50+ countries before a spinal injury left them unable to walk for a year. That extreme high and low shaped a relentless drive, carving success from the global tennis tour to closing multi-million dollar tech deals, and now to founding Lucid. Lucid was born from a first-hand realization: media today isn’t designed for human connection—it’s driven by algorithms that prioritize profit over meaning. Experiencing the mind-numbing content loop firsthand, Indy saw an opportunity to build emotionally intelligent media that actually resonates. Indy has been honored as Forbes 30 Under 30, won an award at SXSW, spoken at global tech conferences, and been featured on an a16z panel shaping the future of culture & AI.