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Durk Kingma

Unicorn founder

Co-founder at OpenAI

Netherlands

FoundedOpenAI$852B

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David MordecaiunlockedDurk: together at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (2011–2013)
×11Durk: together at Anthropic

Co-founder at OpenAI

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OpenAI's investors · 90

7BC Venture CapitalSan FranciscoA-Rod CorpMiamiA.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoA'Z AngelsLos GatosAdvent InternationalBoston · $1.1B checksAlpha FundsOdessaAlpha Wave GlobalMiamiAltimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026AntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checksB Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checksBanca Investis — Family OfficeMilanBedrockLos Angeles · $5M – $30M checksBlackstonesince 2026boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checksCats.vcVilnius · $200K – $500K checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Cosmic Venture PartnersAustin · $100K – $5M checksDragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksElad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksEmerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksEverybody Ventures$100K checksExpedite VenturesBerlin · since 2024Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcPalo AltoFirestreak VenturesFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksFrontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGestio CapitalLondonGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksGroveStreetNewtonHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksICONIQSan FranciscoIneffable VenturesStamfordInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2026Kaleida CapitalSan DiegoKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLakeside CapitalTampa · $100K – $250K checks · since 2024M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksMarketX VenturesMastrySan FranciscoMaverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksMech VenturesLas VegasMGXAbu Dhabi · since 2025Nearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.TorontoNext Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2024Optic Capital$100K – $1M checksOptimist VenturesNew YorkOssian CapitalMiamiPeter Thielsince 2015Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checksRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksSam Altmansince 2015Sanctor CapitalNew YorkSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2026SGH CapitalParisSoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2025SoftBank Vision FundLondonSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2026SparkLabs KoreaPalo AltoSquareOne CapitalMiamiStack CapitalTorontoStandard CapitalSan FranciscoStripesNew YorkSV AngelSan FranciscoT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025TemasekSingapore · since 2026ThirdbaseNew YorkThrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2024Touring CapitalSan FranciscoTPGSan Francisco · since 2026Type One VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checksValkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark CityVaranium Capital AdvisorsMumbaiVU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checksWAGMI VenturesWealthUnion$10K checksWinslow CapitalMinneapolis · since 2026Wisdom VenturesLos GatosXYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checksZ-FellowsNew York · $10K checks

Co-founders at OpenAI

SASam Altman
Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEO
EMElon Musk
Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board member
GBGreg Brockman
Greg BrockmanCo-founder & President
ISIlya Sutskever
Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief Scientist
WZWojciech Zaremba
Wojciech ZarembaCo-founder
JSJohn Schulman
John SchulmanCo-founder (departed 2024)
AKAndrej Karpathy
Andrej KarpathyCo-founder
TB
Trevor BlackwellCo-founder

Experience

  1. AnthropicML Researchcurrent2024 — presentNetherlands
  2. GoogleResearch Scientist, Google Brain / DeepMind2018 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  3. OpenAIResearch Scientist and Team Lead2015 — 2018San Francisco
  4. University of AmsterdamPh.D. in Machine Learning (Cum Laude)2013 — 2017The Randstad, Netherlands
  5. GoogleDoctoral Fellow in Deep Learning2015 — 2016
  6. Google DeepMindPh.D. Research2014 — 2015London
  7. Courant Institute of Mathematical SciencesResearch Scholar2012 — 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
  8. AdvanzaCo-Founder2009 — 2012The Randstad, Netherlands
  9. Courant Institute of Mathematical SciencesJr. Research Scientist2009New York City Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Machine Learning58Neural Networks43Computer Vision32Computer Science16Artificial Intelligence17Optimization12Algorithms14Statistical Modeling10Time Series Analysis8Pattern Recognition8Research10Entrepreneurship7
+6 moreStatistical Data AnalysisData MiningNatural Language ProcessingPythonBayesian InferenceVariational Inference

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Who is Durk Kingma?
Co-founder at OpenAI
Where does Durk Kingma work?
Durk Kingma is Co-founder of OpenAI.
What companies did Durk Kingma found?
Durk Kingma founded OpenAI.
Where did Durk Kingma go to school?
Durk Kingma studied at University of Amsterdam (Ph.D., Machine Learning); Utrecht University (M.Sc., Computer Science (Theoretical Computer Science)); Sapienza Università di Roma (Computer Science (visiting student)).

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