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I am a co-founder at Synthefy. We are building generative AI for time-series data.
I am also a Venture Partner at Lightscape Partners.
Please reach out if you’re interested in learning more, or are building something interesting yourself!
Update 1: Check out my new blog on Robotics Foundation Models.
Update 2: MIT/Forbes Interview: YouTube.
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I angel invest in and advise promising startups. Reach out if you want to talk tech and startup strategy.
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Summary
I am a researcher and engineer investigating core problems in artificial intelligence, cognition, and sensing.
I target applications in computer vision, robotics, and natural language.
I work on frontier technologies, creating new IP and original research.
I transfer tech from lab to product.
Contact me to turn your once-in-a-lifetime moonshot into reality.
Previous Collaborators
I launched the Code Interpreter feature in ChatGPT with the CodeGen team at OpenAI. I trained the model to iteratively debug, using data augmentation techniques I researched.
I worked with Ken Stanley and Joel Lehman at OpenAI on Open-Ended algorithms. I contributed to the Evolution through Large Models (ELM) paper.
I was mentored by Greg Yang at Microsoft Research on general purpose methods for efficient training and inference in NNs via approximate tensor operations. I am increasingly interested in genetic algorithms and feedback alignment – alternatives to backprop.
I worked with Hamid Palangi and Yonatan Bisk, investigating Transformer models’ temporal reasoning ability.
At Uber ATG (now Aurora) I worked with a bunch of people on perception, localization, calibration, and lidar.
I was advised by Antonio Torralba at MIT, and worked closely with PhD candidate Xavi Puig (now at FAIR).
I interned at Google Fiber (2014) where I worked with Denny Gentry and Avery Pennarun.
George Hotz offered me an intership one time.
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Work History
If you’re interested in my work history, try my resume or my LinkedIn.