Marcus Weller (born July 14, 1984), is an American

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entreprene ...

and inventor of the Skully motorcycle helmet.

Career

Weller attended

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public university, public research university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 375 programs. It is Michigan's third-l ...

and studied psychology. A motorcycle accident inspired him to found Skully in 2013. Marcus now holds a Ph.D. in

Industrial Psychology Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology) "focuses the lens of psychological science on a key aspect of human life, namely, their work lives. In general, the goals of I-O psychology are to better understand and optimize the effec ...

Skully Helmet

Weller invented the Skully AR-1. The AR-1 was to be the first vertically integrated, smart, Heads-Up Display (HUD) helmet for consumers. The HUD system displays at a virtual distance of in front of the rider. The AR-1 was to feature a near 180-degree rear-view camera, turn-by-turn

GPS navigation A satellite navigation (satnav) device or GPS device is a device that uses satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). A satnav device can determine the user's geographic coordinat ...

, smartphone pairing and voice control. Weller also served as Skully CEO until July 2016, and the company shut down later the same month. Weller with his brother and co-founder, Mitch Weller, were sued by Isabelle Faithauer, a former executive assistant, for fraudulently using Skully's corporate funds for personal use. The lawsuit was later dropped. Since 2014 Marcus has spent more than a decade advancing U.S. interests as a Science Diplomat for the Humboldt Foundation, author and speaker on AI and foreign policy, adviser on AI and Data Policy for ATARC, and Senior Commercialization Adviser to DARPA. In 2025 Dr Marcus Weller and his brother Mitch Weller formed Deepinvent.ai Deepinvent.ai is the creator of the first AI Innovator capable of inventing and advancing intellectual property in any industry.

References

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