About Us
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Our Mission
We pioneer novel technology to enhance compute efficiency, making AI accessible for innovation and to benefit the global community.
We believe honesty builds integrity, honing craftmanship delivers excellence, and collaboration fosters community.
Founders
Story
Our journey began in the esteemed Efficient Computing Systems lab at the University of Toronto, under the leadership of our CEO, Gennady Pekhimenko. Today, the EcoSystems lab stands proudly as one of the world’s foremost authorities in Machine Learning Systems.
Our founding team is made up of experts in AI, ML compilers and ML hardware and has led efforts at companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft Research, Nvidia, Intel, and IBM. United by our common mission, we have come together to accelerate the landscape of AI by tackling the critical issue of limited resources and accessibility. Our journey is not just about innovation; it’s about pushing the boundaries of what’s achievable, so that AI is not hindered by hardware constraints.
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Leadership Team
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Gennady Pekhimenko
Co-Founder & CEO
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Shang Wang
Co-Founder & CTO
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Akbar Nurlybayev
Co-Founder & COO
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Anand Jayarajan
Co-Founder & Chief Architect
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Steven So
Head of Talent Acquisition
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Ermek Djumataev
Head of Marketing
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John Palazza
VP of GTM
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Yogesh Ingole
Head of Product
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Thomas Kwon
Head of Finance, Operations
Meet Our Advisors
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Garth Gibson
Former CEO & President
@ Vector Institute
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David Patterson
Distinguished Engineer
@ Google
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Misha Bilenko
VP of AI
@ Microsoft Azure
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Ruslan Salakhutdinov
Professor
@ CMU
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