Professor Bruce Hood of the University of Bristol, a neuroscientist with academic experience at Cambridge, UCL, MIT, and Harvard, founded Speakezee in 2015 to connect audiences with real academics. In response to growing concerns about AI undermining higher education, he launched my-thesis.org in 2026 to promote genuine scholarship, personally validating all contributors. The platform’s mission is to restore the value of authentic human communication in the future of education.