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Ce Zhang

Unicorn founder

Founder at Together AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTogether AI$8.3B

About

Ce Zhang is Co-Founder and CTO of Together AI and the Neubauer Associate Professor of Data Science at the University of Chicago, and previously served as an Associate Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich. He completed his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a postdoctoral year at Stanford, both under the advisement of Christopher Ré. His research focuses on machine learning platforms and systems, and his work has received recognitions including the SIGMOD Best Paper Award, the SIGMOD Research Highlight Award, a Google Focused Research Award, and an ERC Starting Grant.

Founder at Together AI

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Together AI's investors · 12

137 VenturesSan Francisco · since 2023Aramco VenturesDefinitionNew York · since 2023Emergence Capitalsince 2023GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2023Long Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2023Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2023New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2023NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2023SCB 10XBangkok · $1.2M – $100M checksSV AngelSan Francisco · since 2023

Founder at Together AI

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Together AI's investors · 37

137 VenturesSan Francisco · since 2023A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoAramco VenturesBrave CapitalSan RafaelBrilliant Phoenix CapitalVancouverCadenzaNew YorkCambium CapitalHighlandChapter OneLos Angeles · $5K – $200K checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksDefinitionNew York · since 2023Draft Ventures LlcSan FranciscoEastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksEmergence Capitalsince 2023Emergence Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $10M checksFirst Round CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $7M checksGeodesic CapitalFoster CityGreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2023ID8 InvestmentsNew YorkJC2 VenturesMenlo ParkKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2023Long Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2023Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2023March Capital PartnersSanta MonicaNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2023Next Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2023Prosperity7 VenturesDhahranRobot VenturesBeaverton · $100K – $1M checksS VenturesMountain View · $1M – $5M checksSabrina Hahn FundNew YorkSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checksSE VenturesMenlo ParkSignalRankSusa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checksSV AngelSan Francisco · since 2023Valkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark CityVista Equity PartnersNew York

Co-founders at Together AI

VVVipul Ved Prakash
Vipul Ved PrakashFounder
CRChris Ré
Chris Ré
TDTri Dao
Tri Dao
PLPercy Liang
Percy Liang

Experience

  1. TogetherCo-Founder, CTOcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. University of ChicagoNeubauer Associate Professorcurrent2024 — present
  3. ETH ZürichAssociate Professor2023
  4. ETH ZürichAssistant Professor2016 — 2023
  5. Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral Researcher2015 — 2016Palo Alto
  6. University of Wisconsin-MadisonResearch Assistant2011 — 2015Madison, Wisconsin Area

Skills & more

Languages Chinese · English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ce Zhang?
Ce Zhang is Co-Founder and CTO of Together AI and the Neubauer Associate Professor of Data Science at the University of Chicago, and previously served as an Associate Professor of Computer Science at ETH Zurich. He completed his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a postdoctoral year at Stanford, both under the advisement of Christopher Ré. His research focuses on machine learning platforms and systems, and his work has received recognitions including the SIGMOD Best Paper Award, the SIGMOD Research Highlight Award, a Google Focused Research Award, and an ERC Starting Grant.
Where does Ce Zhang work?
Ce Zhang is Founder of Together AI.
What companies did Ce Zhang found?
Ce Zhang founded Together AI.
Where did Ce Zhang go to school?
Ce Zhang studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science); Peking University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Machine Intelligence).

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Also attended Peking University143

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Shared employers

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Also worked at University of Chicago71

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Also worked at ETH Zürich93

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Also worked at Stanford University720

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