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Byung-Gon Chun is Founder of Friendli.

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Byung-Gon Chun founded Friendli.

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).

Byung-Gon Chun

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Founder at Friendli

San Francisco, California, United States

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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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Friendli's investors · 3

Blue Ivy VenturesBoston Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks Strawberry Creek VenturesManchester

Experience

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

Skills & more

Algorithms25Machine Learning9Distributed Systems14Hadoop3MapReduce3Computer Science10Scalability1Big Data1Data Mining1Information Retrieval1Software Engineering3C++3

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High 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 Friendli.
What companies did Byung-Gon Chun found?: Byung-Gon Chun founded Friendli.
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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Seoul National University mafia43

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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders Fund Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock David SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto Czar Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Seoul National University132

Jinho JangDirector, Quantitative Research at Deerfield Management Company Jaejoon SongCEO at Crit Ventures Dongwoo LeeDirector / Investment Team at Crit Ventures Sungjoong KimSenior Associate / Investment Team at Crit Ventures Byung Geon Rhee, PhDHead of Advisory Board at Adelphi Ventures Management, Llc John YangInvestor at Riverwood Capital

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Sang Won LeeEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm Ventures Brian YooAdvisor at Fortitude Ventures

Also worked at Seoul National University16

Veenu ChoudharyDirector, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Tae Hea NahmManaging Director at Storm Ventures Somi KimSenior Manager at Partners Investment Co. Ltd.Choongsoon BaeGeneral Partner at Top Harvest Capital Chaeeun LeeInvestment Analyst at InBC Investment Corp.Bobby MinGeneral Partner at Krew Capital Venture

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Also worked at Microsoft2,000

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y Combinator Nat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Bill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation Mike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at Yahoo Research520

Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia Capital Mike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill Ventures Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation Stewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and Flickr Max LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC Amjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit

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