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Azalia Mirhoseini

InvestorUnicorn founder

Co-founder at Ricursive Intelligence · Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedRicursive Intelligence$4B

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About

Azalia Mirhoseini is a co-founder of Ricursive Intelligence and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where she directs the Scaling Intelligence lab. She previously worked at Google Brain, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, contributing to the development of Claude and Gemini, and her research includes Mixture-of-Experts neural architectures, AlphaChip, and work on LLM test-time scaling. Her recognitions include the Okawa Research Grant, the Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award, MIT Technology Review's 35 Under 35 Award, and the Best ECE Thesis Award at Rice University.

Co-founder at Ricursive Intelligence

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Ricursive Intelligence's investors · 6

Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2026Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2026Radical VenturesToronto · $1M – $25M checksSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2025Striker Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $5M – $30M checks

Co-founders at Ricursive Intelligence

AGAnna Goldie
Anna GoldieCo-founder

Experience

  1. Ricursive IntelligenceFoundercurrent2025 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. Stanford UniversityAssistant Professor of Computer Sciencecurrent2023 — present
  3. Google DeepMindSenior Staff Research Scientist2023 — 2025
  4. AnthropicMember of Technical Staff (T8)2022 — 2023
  5. GoogleStaff Research Scientist and Manager2016 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Microsoft ResearchResearch Intern2013

Skills & more

Matlab28Verilog11Python12Labview5Simulink8C15Xilinx Vivado3Signal Processing50Machine Learning47Algorithms42Simulations30Image Processing15
+4 moreXilinx ISEComputer VisionStatistical Signal ProcessingFPGA prototyping

From Azalia's professional profile.

Colleagues at Stanford University

Alan Ma
Campus Lead at The MBA Fund
Alex Gould
General Partner at The Valley Fund
Aman Verjee
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Amit Etkin
Founder at Alto Neuroscience
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
Anand Lalwani
Angel at Wispr AI
Andrew Ng
Managing General Partner at AI Fund
Anjney Midha
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz

Frequently asked questions

Who is Azalia Mirhoseini?
Azalia Mirhoseini is a co-founder of Ricursive Intelligence and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where she directs the Scaling Intelligence lab. She previously worked at Google Brain, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, contributing to the development of Claude and Gemini, and her research includes Mixture-of-Experts neural architectures, AlphaChip, and work on LLM test-time scaling. Her recognitions include the Okawa Research Grant, the Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award, MIT Technology Review's 35 Under 35 Award, and the Best ECE Thesis Award at Rice University.
Where does Azalia Mirhoseini work?
Azalia Mirhoseini is Co-founder of Ricursive Intelligence and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University.
What companies did Azalia Mirhoseini found?
Azalia Mirhoseini founded Ricursive Intelligence.
Where did Azalia Mirhoseini go to school?
Azalia Mirhoseini studied at Rice University (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Computer Engineering).

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