About
Edward Kmett is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Positron AI, which develops software, hardware, and supply chain solutions for scalable compute. He began working in Haskell in 2006 and served as the founding chair of the Haskell core libraries committee, contributing to numerous open-source projects. He also serves on the boards of the Topos Institute and the Haskell Foundation.
Founder at Positron AI
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Positron AI's investors · 16
1517Telluride · $50K – $1M checks · since 2026ARMLagos · since 2026Asimov VenturesNew York CityAtreides ManagementBoston · since 2026Banyan VenturesNew YorkCaucasus VenturesBaku · $50K – $2.5M checksFlume VenturesIncline Village · since 2026Forma CapitalLos Angeles · since 2026Ineffable VenturesStamfordInvariantes FundGuatemala CityNZVCAucklandOakseed VenturesQatar Investment AuthorityDoha · since 2026UnlessBoulder · since 2026Valor Equity PartnersChicago · since 2026VeronorteMedellín
Co-founders at Positron AI
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Thomas SohmersExecutive Officer, Director
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Barrett WoodsideFounder
Experience
- Positron AIFounder and Chief Scientistcurrent2025 — presentFarmington Hills, Michigan, United States
- Positron AIFounder and CTO2023 — 2025United States
- GroqHead of Technology and Architecture2022 — 2023California, United States
- GroqHead of Software Engineering and Fellow2021 — 2022California, United States
- GroqSenior Technical Advisor2021California, United States
- Machine Intelligence Research InstituteResearch Engineer2018 — 2021Berkeley, CA
- Digital AssetSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- S&P Global Market IntelligenceSr. Software Engineering Lead2010 — 2017Greater Boston Area
- SM&AEngineering Lead2007 — 2010Billerica, MA
- The LINGUIST ListLead Software Engineer2006Ypsilanti, MI
- Eastern Michigan UniversityLecturer2006Ypsilanti, MI
- MichTel Communications LLCConsultant2003 — 2004Pontiac, MI
- Intrepid World CommunicationsSystems Engineer2003Troy, MI
- Big Net, Inc.Chief Information Officer1998 — 2003Pontiac, MI
- mich.comSoftware Engineer1996 — 1998Farmington Hills, MI
- Ford Motor CompanyConsultant1995 — 1996Dearborn, MI
- OtakulandPartner1994 — 1996Greater Detroit Area
- Upshaw Institute for the Blind/Greater Detroit Society for the BlindSoftware Engineer1993 — 1995Detroit, MI
Skills & more
Algorithms99Haskell99Software Engineering99Computer Science99Software Development89Scala60Mathematics43Artificial Intelligence40Open Source36Java34Type Theory31C++31
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Applied MathematicsData MiningCJavaScriptDistributed SystemsC#Functional SupportAlgorithm DesignCategory TheoryConcurrent ProgrammingMachine LearningProgramming Language TheoryLanguages English
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- Who is Edward Kmett?
- Edward Kmett is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Positron AI, which develops software, hardware, and supply chain solutions for scalable compute. He began working in Haskell in 2006 and served as the founding chair of the Haskell core libraries committee, contributing to numerous open-source projects. He also serves on the boards of the Topos Institute and the Haskell Foundation.
- Where does Edward Kmett work?
- Edward Kmett is Founder of Positron AI.
- What companies did Edward Kmett found?
- Edward Kmett founded Positron AI.
- Where did Edward Kmett go to school?
- Edward Kmett studied at Eastern Michigan University (M.S. (never applied to graduate), Computer Science); Eastern Michigan University (M.A., Mathematics); Eastern Michigan University (Graduate Certificate, Artificial Intelligence).
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