Our Vision

We believe the future of field operations is AI-assisted, decentralized, and knowledge-driven.

We envision a world where critical equipment never stays offline because knowledge is inaccessible; where maintenance and repair happen faster at the point of need; and where every operator has access to expert-level guidance instantly.

NeoLens exists to make the world’s technical knowledge universally accessible — unlocking greater operational readiness, resilience, and human potential.

meet the team

Behind the mission

James and Ostap met at the Stanford GSB as part of the MSx ’25 cohort and quickly bonded around a shared mission to serve through technology.James, a former U.S. Army officer, began building tools to help Ukrainian mechanics maintain foreign-made military equipment. He recruited Ostap Korkuna, a Ukrainian-American engineer, former Facebook infrastructure leader, and humanitarian nonprofit cofounder, to join the effort.Together, they spent their time in business school conducting customer discovery with defense stakeholders before launching the company after graduation.

James Leo, CEO

Chief Operating Officer @ CaliberX: Scaled to 10,000 users & $50M AUM
Chief of Staff @ VIPKID: Scaled to 1M customers, 100K teachers, 10K staff, & over $1B raised
Edtech Venture @ UV & Learn Capital
US Army Infantry NCO and Intelligence Officer
Stanford GSB ‘25, GSE ‘16

Ostap Korkuna, CTO

Competitive Programming World Champion: Gold Medal @ ICPC World Finals
Co-Founder and Chairman of Nova Ukraine, the World’s Largest Ukraine Non-Profit ($160M raised)
Led AI/Intelligence Platform team @ People.AI (YC Top 101 Most Valuable Startups)
Infrastructure Tech Lead @ Facebook as co grew from 300M users to 2.2B
Stanford GSB ‘25