About
Bill Kish is the founder and CEO of Cogniac Corporation. His background spans infrastructure, software product development, venture operations, and AI/ML.
Founder at Cogniac
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Experience
- Cogniac CorporationFounder, CEOcurrent2026 — present
- Cogniac CorporationBoard Directorcurrent2015 — present
- Cogniac CorporationFounder, CEO2015 — 2022San Jose, CA
- Kenosha AICEO & Co-Foundercurrent2023 — present
- Silicon Valley Machine Learning MeetupMeetup Organizercurrent2007 — present
- Ruckus WirelessFounder, CTO, Board Director2002 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Range of LightClimbing Bum2000 — 2002
- Lightera Networks, IncMTS1998 — 2000
- Berkeley Networks, IncPrincipal Engineer1997 — 1998
- FORE Systems, Inc.Principal Engineer1993 — 1997
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMU Network Development Workstudy1990 — 1993
- AppleIntern1992
Skills & more
Python10Embedded Software8Amazon Web Services (AWS)2LTE3Embedded Systems14Emacs2Neural Networks6System Architecture46Wireless87Computer Vision6Distributed Systems28Machine Learning10
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bill Kish?
- Bill Kish is the founder and CEO of Cogniac Corporation. His background spans infrastructure, software product development, venture operations, and AI/ML.
- Where does Bill Kish work?
- Bill Kish is Founder of Cogniac.
- What companies did Bill Kish found?
- Bill Kish founded Cogniac.
- Where did Bill Kish go to school?
- Bill Kish studied at Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Computer Engineering).
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Ruckus Wireless mafia2
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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cogniac Corporation5
Also worked at Ruckus Wireless7
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalLaura SwanInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsGaurav GargPartner at WingJeff KarrasGeneral Partner at America's Frontier FundHarshul SanghiFounder, Amex Ventures at The Artemis FundMike GordonManaging Director at Meritech Capital Partners
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Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorCindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesMaryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future VenturesSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures LlcAndrew BartusiakSenior Associate at PeakSpan Capital Partners
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