The Future of Deep Learning is Sparse.

It all started in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

While mapping the neural connections in the brain at MIT, Neural Magic’s founders Nir Shavit and Alexander Matveev were frustrated with the many limitations imposed by GPUs. Along the way, they stopped to ask themselves a simple question: why is a GPU, or any specialized hardware, required for deep learning?

They knew there had to be a better way. After all, the human brain addresses the computational needs of neural networks by extensively using sparsity to reduce them instead of adding FLOPS to match them.

Based on this observation and years of multicore computing experience, they created novel technologies that sparsify and quantize deep learning networks and allow them to run on commodity CPUs – at GPU speeds and better. Data scientists no longer have to compromise on model design and input size, or deal with scarce and costly GPU resources. Their ground-breaking discovery became the foundation of Neural Magic.

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Neural Magic Team

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Brian Stevens

Chief Executive Officer
Former CTO of Red Hat and Google Cloud, disruptor, biker.
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Nir Shavit

Co-Founder
MIT professor, innovator, tennis player.
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Alexander Matveev

CTO & Co-Founder
Former MIT research scientist, specialized in multicore algorithms and systems for AI.
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John O'Hara

COO & VP of Engineering
Engineering and operations lead, skier, mentor to engineers and peers.
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Jeannie Finks

Head of Customer Success
Customer & colleague love, deep learning economics, yoga, killer sangria, adventure travel.
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Saša Zelenović

Head of Marketing
Go-to-market expert, helping data scientists experience the power of Neural Magic. Weekend beekeeper.
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Mark Kurtz

Director of Machine Learning
Research and engineering, model optimizations, volleyball, woodworking
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Dan Alistarh

Principal Research Scientist
Algorithms, math, tennis---not necessarily in that order.
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Bill Nell

Software Engineering Manager
JITs, compilers, program analysis, HPC.
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Tyler Smith

Software Engineering Manager
UT Austin PHD, ETH Zurich postdoc. Specializing in linear algebra computations & theoretical bounds on data movement.
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Dan Huang

Software Engineering Manager
A constructor (DevOps) and a breaker (QA). Passion for automation, quality, cooking and mushroom hunting.
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Andy Linfoot

Principal Software Engineer
JITs, Numerics, and HPC alchemy.
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Tuan Nguyen

Senior ML Research Engineer
Building software and deep learning models for fun and profit.
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Michael Goin

Product Engineering Lead
Data-driven optimization, AI evangelist, modular synthesis, baking.
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Sage Moore

Software Engineer
Operating systems, scheduling, high performance computing, biking, powerlifting.
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Kierstin Darragh

Business Development Lead
Computer vision at the edge, cooking, true crime podcasts.
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Benjamin Fineran

ML Engineering Team Lead
Model sparsifier, problem solver, sports enthusiast.
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George Ohashi

Full Stack Engineer
Curious about how and why things work. Vegan + fish, book reader, classical guitar player, fan of biology, history and sports
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Rahul Tuli

ML Engineer
Intelligent systems, pattern recognition, NLP, badminton, tacos.
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Domenic Barbuzzi

Software Engineer in Test
Proclivity for automation and debugging. Video game player, hobbyist photographer, and enthusiast of all things tech.
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Damian Bogunowicz

ML Engineer
A curious human being, especially fond of AI, financial markets, and being less wrong every day. Lifelong learner, fitness enthusiast, and self-proclaimed food aficionado. Life goals: Work hard, retire early, buy a cabin in the Alps, drink wine, eat cheese, study math and philosophy.
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Eliza Wszoła

Software Engineer
ETH Zurich Ph.D. in hardware-efficient manycore CPU implementations of machine learning models. Amateur visual artist and collector of random trivia from the internet.
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Alexandre Marques

ML Research Team Lead
Scientist/engineer specialized in computational models and algorithms. Bridging the gap between fundamentals and applications, having fun along the way.
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Ricky Costa

Engineer
Lover of open source software. Dark web surfer. I hack things.
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Rob Greenberg

Product Manager
Data, customer obsession, CNNs, music production, skiing, biking, cryptocurrencies, NY Sports.
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Derek Kozikowski

Senior Software Engineer in Test
Software quality maven, test automation developer, gardener, and woodworker.
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Jay Marshall

Head of Global Business Development
Amazonian and Xoogler focusing on customers, partners, messaging, farming, music, and mixology.
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Matthew Helmers

Senior Account Executive
Making customers wildly successful. Waymaker. Outdoor enthusiast.
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Danny Guinther

Full Stack Engineering Manager
Hacker, cloud builder, mentor, ANN enthusiast.
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Rob Fitzgibbon

UX Lead Engineer
Passionate about good UX, fascinated by analytics, avid coffee drinker.
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Chibu Ukachi

MLOps Engineer
Spellbounded by the intersection of Cloud and AI, fan of fresh smoothies, traveller and always smiling.
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Shubhra Pandit

Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer
Applied researcher. Lifelong explorer and hot chocolate aficionado. Constantly tuning life's hyperparams.
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Varun Sundar Rabindranath

Software Engineer
Fascinated by Compilers, ML, HPC and Embedded Software. Open Source Believer. Amateur Potter.
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Benjamin Blue

Software Engineer
Hobbiest side project and writer dude. Love to read. Eternal disc golf player and fan.
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James Fleming

Senior Software Engineer
Grizzled games industry veteran. Loves large code bases, optimization, biking.
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Derrick Mwiti

ML Developer Advocate
Experienced in data science, machine learning, and deep learning with a keen eye for building machine learning communities.
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Da Feng

Principal Software Engineer
I try to make things sharp: code, design, and knives.
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Abhinav Agarwalla

ML Research Engineer
Research x Engineering. I am learning, re-learning and building something new every day.
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Nicole Kim

Head of Product Marketing
Nimble marketer for a rapidly, evolving AI landscape. Strongly right-brained, huge fan of sci-fi, and abide by a "live to eat" philosophy.
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Dipika Sikka

Senior ML Engineer
Avid reader, swimmer, and sports fan. Big dog person.
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Sara Adkins

Senior ML Engineer
Optimizer of code and models, music technologist. Loves fantasy worlds, board games, slow running, experimental music.

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