About
Bryan Bischof leads AI at Theory Ventures. He previously served as Head of AI at Hex building the Magic analytics copilot, started the data team at Blue Bottle Coffee, worked on projects at Stitch Fix, and built data teams at Weights & Biases. He co-authored an O'Reilly book on production recommendation systems, teaches data science at Rutgers, and holds a PhD in pure mathematics.
Bryan Bischof fka Dr. Donut @bebischof
Can I say something without everyone getting mad? As a preface: Iβm a card carrying pure mathematician. Iβve never thought math was irrelevant for itβs uselessness, nor valuable for its utility. Math is art. There exist questions that humans ponder, some times those
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Bryan Bischof fka Dr. Donut @bebischof
Waiting for a Netflix documentary about how these rich and powerful models couldnβt pass their evals and had to cheat to live up to their expectations
Jul 31, 2026 Β· β₯ 10
Bryan Bischof fka Dr. Donut @bebischof
in undergrad they had a copy in the math lounge so i started going in every day and reading one of the little articles. It was a wonderful time in my mathematical life. https://t.co/IPPceEIGkh
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Experience
- Theory VenturesHead of AIcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Rutgers UniversityAdjunct Professor (DS and AI)current2020 β present
- CRVAngel investor/Scout2023 β 2025United States
- HexDirector of Engineering: Ai2023 β 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- O'ReillyAuthor: Building Production Recommendation Systems in Python and JAX2021 β 2023
- Redwood ResearchResearch Resident2022 β 2023Berkeley, California, United States
- Weights & BiasesHead of Data Science2021 β 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Stitch FixData Scientist2018 β 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Quasicoherent LabsFounder2015 β 2019
- Blue Bottle CoffeeLead Software Engineer: Data and Analytics2016 β 2018Oakland, California
- DataKindData Ambassador/Product Manager2016 β 2017
- IBM Research (Aspera Labs)Senior Software Engineer, Research and Development2014 β 2016Emeryville, CA
- Aspera, an IBM companyData Platform Engineer2015 β 2016Emeryville
- Galvanize IncData Engineering Immersive2015 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Aspera, an IBM companySoftware Engineering Intern2014
- Kansas State UniversityGraduate Researcher (Ph.D.)2008 β 2014Manhattan, KS
- Kansas State UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2008 β 2014
- Common Core11-12 Grade Curriculum Writing Associate Position2013 β 2014United States
- Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the SciencesPostdoctoral Researcher2013Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Westminster CollegeNetwork Technician Intern2005 β 2008New Wilmington
Education
- Kansas State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mathematics2008 β 2014
- Westminster College (PA)Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Mathematics2004 β 2008
Skills & more
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PostgreSQLTransfer LearningLarge Language Models (LLM)AlgorithmsComputer ScienceData AnalysisApplied MathematicsStatisticsQuantitative ResearchData VisualizationTechnical WritingProgrammingLanguages French
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