Where does Cristian Bodnar work?

Cristian Bodnar is Founder of Silurian.

What companies did Cristian Bodnar found?

Cristian Bodnar founded Silurian.

Where did Cristian Bodnar go to school?

Cristian Bodnar studied at Y Combinator (Batch S24); University of Cambridge (PhD, Machine Learning); University of Cambridge (Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Advanced Computer Science).

Cristian Bodnar

Founder

Founder at Silurian

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedSilurian · YC

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About

Cristian Bodnar is Chief Scientist at Silurian. He previously held a Senior Researcher role at Microsoft Research where he contributed to foundation model development, and completed a PhD at Cambridge while conducting research at Google Brain, Google X, and Twitter Cortex.

Founder at Silurian YC S24

Intro paths

Cristian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Cristian can intro founders to Silurian's investors below.

Silurian's investors · 8

Capitalize VCChicago · $100K – $200K checks Collaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks Nivesha Ventures PioneerToronto, Ontario ProCap VelocityLynnwood RunwayNew York City SurgePoint AngelNew York Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Silurian

Jayesh K. GuptaFounder

Nikhil ShankarFounder

Experience

Project PrometheusFounding Member of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — present
Cristian BodnarAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
Silurian AICo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
MicrosoftSenior Researcher2023 — 2024
MicrosoftResearch Intern2022Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
TwitterResearch Intern2021 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
GoogleResearch Intern2020Mountain View, California
X, the moonshot factoryAI Resident, Alphabet/Google X2019Mountain View, California
ImprobableSoftware Engineer Intern2018London, United Kingdom
ImprobableSoftware Engineer Intern2017London, United Kingdom
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer Intern2016Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Machine Learning21Algorithms10Software Development3Web Development1Programming3Functional Programming1Reactive programming1Amazon Dynamodb1GoLeadership23Java26JavaScript9

+12 more

SQLHTMLC++PythonWordPressNode.jsjQueryAngularJSPHPLinuxCSSCascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Languages English · French · Romanian

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Cristian Bodnar?: Cristian Bodnar is Chief Scientist at Silurian. He previously held a Senior Researcher role at Microsoft Research where he contributed to foundation model development, and completed a PhD at Cambridge while conducting research at Google Brain, Google X, and Twitter Cortex.
Where does Cristian Bodnar work?: Cristian Bodnar is Founder of Silurian.
What companies did Cristian Bodnar found?: Cristian Bodnar founded Silurian.
Where did Cristian Bodnar go to school?: Cristian Bodnar studied at Y Combinator (Batch S24); University of Cambridge (PhD, Machine Learning); University of Cambridge (Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Advanced Computer Science).