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Byung-Gon Chun

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Founder at FriendliAI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFriendliAI

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About

Byung-Gon Chun is the founder and CEO of FriendliAI, a company that provides an AI inference platform focused on speed, cost efficiency, and reliability. He is also a professor of computer science and engineering at Seoul National University.

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Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksBlue Ivy VenturesBostonSierra VenturesSan Mateo · $500K – $10M checks · since 2025Strawberry Creek VenturesManchester

Experience

  1. FriendliAIChief Executive Officercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Seoul National UniversityProfessorcurrent2013 — present
  3. FacebookVisiting Research Scientist2016 — 2017Menlo Park
  4. MicrosoftPrincipal Scientist2012 — 2013
  5. Yahoo ResearchResearch Scientist2011 — 2012
  6. Intel LabsResearch Scientist2008 — 2011
  7. ICSI - International Computer Science InstitutePostdoctoral Researcher2007 — 2008

Skills & more

Algorithms25Machine Learning9Distributed Systems14Hadoop3MapReduce3Computer Science10Scalability1Big Data1Data Mining1Information Retrieval1Software Engineering3C++3
+12 moreHigh Performance ComputingParallel ComputingCOptimizationLinuxJavaAlgorithm DesignSoftware DevelopmentGitUnixAndroidEclipse

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Who is Byung-Gon Chun?
Byung-Gon Chun is the founder and CEO of FriendliAI, a company that provides an AI inference platform focused on speed, cost efficiency, and reliability. He is also a professor of computer science and engineering at Seoul National University.
Where does Byung-Gon Chun work?
Byung-Gon Chun is Founder of FriendliAI.
What companies did Byung-Gon Chun found?
Byung-Gon Chun founded FriendliAI.
Where did Byung-Gon Chun go to school?
Byung-Gon Chun studied at University of California, Berkeley (PhD, Computer Science); Stanford University (MS, Computer Science); Seoul National University (MS, Electronic Engineering).

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