Where does Durk Kingma work?

Durk Kingma is Co-founder of 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)).

Durk Kingma

Unicorn founder

Co-founder at OpenAI

Netherlands

FoundedOpenAI$852B

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OpenAI's investors · 61

A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco A'Z AngelsLos Gatos Advent InternationalBoston · $1.1B checks Alpha Wave GlobalMiami Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026 Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks AntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checks BedrockLos Angeles · $5M – $30M checks boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checks Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks Cosmic Venture PartnersAustin · $100K – $5M checks Dragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025 Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checks Emerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checks Everybody Ventures$100K checks Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks Firestreak Ventures Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks Frontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checks Galdana VenturesBarcelona Gestio CapitalLondon Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks HOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checks ICONIQSan Francisco Ineffable VenturesStamford Kaleida CapitalSan Diego Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks Lakeside CapitalTampa · $100K – $250K checks Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks MastrySan Francisco Maverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checks Mech VenturesLas Vegas MGXAbu Dhabi · since 2025 Next Legacy PartnersPortola Valley NVIDIASanta Clara Ossian Capital Peter Thiel Riverbend CapitalWashington Rosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checks Sanctor CapitalNew York Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks SGH CapitalParis SoftBank GroupTokyo SoftBank Vision FundLondon Soma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checks Sound VenturesSanta Monica SparkLabs KoreaPalo Alto SquareOne CapitalMiami Stack CapitalToronto Standard CapitalSan Francisco SV AngelSan Francisco T. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025 Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025 Touring CapitalSan Francisco Type One VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checks Valkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark City VU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checks WAGMI Ventures WealthUnion$10K checks XYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks

Co-founders at OpenAI

Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEO

Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board member

Greg BrockmanCo-founder & President

Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief Scientist

Wojciech ZarembaCo-founder

John SchulmanCo-founder (departed 2024)

Andrej KarpathyCo-founder

Trevor BlackwellCo-founder

Experience

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

Skills & more

Machine Learning58Neural Networks43Computer Vision32Computer Science16Artificial Intelligence17Optimization12Algorithms14Statistical Modeling10Time Series Analysis8Pattern Recognition8Research10Entrepreneurship7

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Statistical 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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University of Amsterdam mafia74

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Job van der VoortBScFounded Remote Technology +1 Helmuth van EsDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)Founded Antabio +2 Sebastian BrunemeierMScFounded Cyclone Therapeutics +1 Ingrid van WelieMaster's degreeFounded Neural Dynamics Technologies +1 Daniel HavenFounded Slauth.io +1 David WylerBachelor's degreeFounded Kairos +1

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Anthropic mafia56

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Mike KriegerChief Product Officer (moved into new 'Labs' division, Jan 2026)Founded Instagram Reed HastingsBoard MemberFounded InterPositive Tom BlomfieldMember of Technical StaffFounded Starling Bank +2 David LangerInvestorFounded Lionheart Ventures Visit Lionheart Ventures +1 Sameer DholakiaInvestorFounded SendGrid +1 Jeremy JohnsonInvestorFounded 2U +1

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DeepMind mafia48

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Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEOFounded Google Deepmind +1 Mustafa SuleymanCo-founderFounded Inflection AI Aravind SrinivasResearch InternFounded Perplexity Arthur MenschResearch ScientistFounded Mistral AI Gabriel PereyraResearch ScientistFounded Harvey Andy ZengSenior Research ScientistFounded 8Vc +1

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Utrecht University mafia36

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Lukas DerksenCertificateFounded Sidlee +3 Vanessa LiuInternational LawFounded Sugarwork +1 Joris StraatmanBAFounded Juli +1 Maarten EngelenArtificial IntelligenceFounded Hiber Martin WilleminkDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)Founded Segmed Giulio CantoroSummer SchoolFounded Blink Last Mile

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Sapienza Università di Roma mafia35

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Alessio QuagliniBachelor of ScienceFounded Clearpool +1 Matteo VannucchiBachelor in Economics and ManagementFounded Necture Domenico NesciLaureaFounded Deepoceancapital Gianluca D' AgostinoMSFounded Techshop Martina de MajoBachelor's degreeFounded Synapticure Gabriele MusellaBachelor of Science (BSc)Founded Coinrule

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Also attended University of Amsterdam284

Job van der VoortCo-founder & CEO of Remote Martijn KleijwegtInvestor at LSP (Life Sciences Partners)René KuijtenInvestor at LSP (Life Sciences Partners)TorjusInvestor at Investinor Damien van der BijlInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture Partners Andrea van ElsasInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

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René KuijtenInvestor at LSP (Life Sciences Partners)Alina GouninaInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Alex PortoInvestor at Riverwood Capital Bas JongtienLegal Counsel at DOB Equity Matthijs BlokhuisDirecteur at Noaber Roel DekkersInvestment manager at Noaber

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Micaela RatiniChief Executive Officer at Insitor Alessio QuagliniCEO & Co-Founder at Hex Trust Margherita MarchettiInvestment Director at Innovation Industries Federica DraghiFounder and Managing Partner at XGEN Venture Danila De StefanoInvestor at Enzo Ventures Luigi AmatiPartner at Aper Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Google2,000

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Brian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders Fund Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia Capital Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew Aydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG

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Also worked at OpenAI180

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Pat GradyPartner at Sequoia Capital Greg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI Ilya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe Superintelligence Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic

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Also worked at University of Amsterdam24

Johan van MilTeam member at Peak, an early-stage fund backed by entrepreneurs Corinne VigreuxInvestor at CapitalT Benedetta GarofaloInvestment Analyst at Colesco Capital Collective Denis DvinskikhAssociate at Procuritas Björn AartsESG Director at Rabo Corporate Venturing Roderick RuinardHead of Growth at Invesdor

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Also worked at Google DeepMind93

Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMind Mustafa SuleymanCo-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI; CEO of Microsoft AI Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Arthur MenschCo-founder & CEO of Mistral AI Gabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of Harvey Jeff RoseAdvisor at AI Capital

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