Co-founder at Rapidfire
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Co-founders at Rapidfire
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Jack NorrisCo-founder
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Pradyumna SridharaFounder
Experience
- UC San DiegoProfessorcurrent2026 — presentLa Jolla, CA
- UC San DiegoAssociate Professor2021 — 2026San Diego, CA
- UC San DiegoAssistant Professor2016 — 2021La Jolla, California
- RapidFire AICofounder and CTOcurrent2024 — presentSan Diego, California, United States
- Microsoft Jim Gray Systems LabMicrosoft Graduate Research Assistant2013 — 2016Madison, WI
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonGraduate Student / Research Assistant2009 — 2016Madison, WI
- Microsoft Cloud and Information Services LabResearch Intern2013Redmond, WA
- Oracle LabsResearch Assistant2012Redwood Shores, CA
- IBM Almaden Research CenterResearch Intern2011San Jose, CA
- Microsoft Jim Gray Systems LabMicrosoft Graduate Research Assistant2010 — 2011Madison, WI
- NetAppIntern2008Bangalore, India
Skills & more
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Cloud ComputingResearch and Development (R&D)Transfer LearningLarge Language Models (LLM)Deep LearningData ManagementBig Data AnalyticsMachine LearningAlgorithmsHadoopPostgreSQL
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CC++JavaPythonSQLRDatabase SystemsHiveSparkLanguages English · Hindi · Tamil
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Arun Kumar?
- Co-founder at Rapidfire
- Where does Arun Kumar work?
- Arun Kumar is Co-founder of Rapidfire.
- What companies did Arun Kumar found?
- Arun Kumar founded Rapidfire.
- Where did Arun Kumar go to school?
- Arun Kumar studied at UC San Diego Extended Studies (MicroMBA, Business Administration and Management); University of Wisconsin-Madison (MS, PhD); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (BTech, Computer Science and Engineering).
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