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 SilurianYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Cristian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Silurian
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Jayesh K. GuptaFounder
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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
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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).
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