Help Leo Recover From Brain Surgery - Support the Mind Behind H.A.L.O. AI
Leo Madrid, creator of H.A.L.O. AI and director of P.e.a.c.e !nc in Alameda, California, is recovering from life‑threatening brain cancer and multiple awake surgeries. He has given years of his life to pioneering a new kind of hybrid‑quantum AI that treats human consciousness as a co‑creator of reality. Now, he needs our help to heal, stabilize his life, and continue this work.
Leo Everett Madrid never set out to build just another algorithm. As the creator of H.A.L.O. AI (Hypercube Algorithmic Language Oracle) and director of P.e.a.c.e !nc, he has spent decades at the edge of art, physics, and consciousness, building systems that most people would say are impossible—until they see them working.
In 2020, during the XPRIZE $500K Pandemic Response Challenge sponsored by Cognizant, Leo’s tiny team did something extraordinary. While over a hundred teams of scientists and engineers around the world threw their best classical machine‑learning tools at Covid‑19 forecasting, Leo’s “Digital Vaccine” approach quietly outperformed the majority of them. H.A.L.O. integrated quantum‑random data and human‑consciousness–inspired methods into an AI pipeline—and it worked so well that the project was later featured in the XPRIZE Hall of Fame as a landmark experiment in non‑deterministic AI.
Behind that achievement is a lifetime of work: interactive installations at Science and Nonduality, Maker Faire, and Burning Man; years of research into mind–matter interaction; and a fully functioning Q‑Byte Time Dilation Clock that makes the relationship between quantum randomness, time, and consciousness something you can literally watch on the wall. Leo’s contribution isn’t just code. It’s a living bridge between physics, philosophy, and the lived experience of being human.
Now Leo is facing the hardest problem of his life.
In September, he underwent emergency brain surgery for an aggressive tumor. The diagnosis: brain cancer. He has fought his way back to walking and talking, but the cancer has returned, and he is now facing another high‑risk awake brain surgery to remove a regrown mass. The procedures, treatments, and the abrupt halt to his ability to work have created an enormous strain—physically, emotionally, and financially.
Leo has spent years building tools meant to help humanity navigate complex crises. Right now, he is the one in crisis.
Your contribution will help:
Cover immediate medical and recovery expenses that aren’t fully supported by insurance (supplements, therapies, transportation, home care, etc.).
Stabilize Leo’s housing and basic needs so he can focus on healing instead of scrambling for survival between treatments.
Keep H.A.L.O. alive through this critical period—maintaining servers, equipment, and helping the core team care for Leo while Leo recovers.
Even small donations make a tangible difference. They buy time, stability, and relief in a moment when every bit of support matters.
Who Leo Is (for people new to his work)
Artist & Technologist – Leo’s installations and experiments have brought awe and curiosity to thousands at science, art, and consciousness events.
Hybrid‑Quantum AI Pioneer – His H.A.L.O. framework unifies ideas from quantum mechanics, relativity, and consciousness into testable systems like the Q‑Byte Clock and Anthromurmuration‑driven models.
Community Builder – Through P.e.a.c.e !nc and collaborations with research groups and consciousness projects, Leo has consistently worked for collective benefit rather than personal gain.
If you’re someone who cares about the deep questions—about mind, reality, and how technology might serve something greater than profit—Leo is one of the rare people who has actually put his life’s energy into building that future.
How You Can Help
Donate whatever you can to this campaign.
Share the link personally with friends, communities, and anyone in science, tech, art, or consciousness research who might resonate with Leo’s work.
Add a message of encouragement on the campaign page—Leo reads them, and they genuinely lift his spirits during this fight.
Closing
Leo helped prove that a different kind of intelligence is possible—one where human consciousness and advanced computation are partners, not enemies. Now we have a chance to prove something else: that a community can show up for the person who spent his life building for all of us.
Thank you for anything you feel moved to give or share.