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Faris Sbahi

Founder

Founder at Normal Computing

New York, New York, United States

FoundedNormal Computing

About

Faris Sbahi is Co-Founder and CEO of Normal Computing, where the focus is on AI scaling and reliability challenges by connecting approaches to physics and computation. His prior work involves scaling products and conducting research grounded in Bayesian and physics-inspired machine learning.

Founder at Normal Computing

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Normal Computing's investors · 6

Celesta CapitalMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2022Drive CapitalColumbus · $5M – $30M checks · since 2022First Spark Ventures, LlcMenlo Park · since 2023Micron VenturesSan Jose · since 2023Samsung Catalyst FundSan Jose · since 2022Samsung NextSan Jose · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Normal Computing

AMAntonio Martinez
Antonio MartinezFounder
MTMatthias Tan
Matthias TanFounder

Experience

  1. Normal ComputingCo-Founder, CEOcurrent2022 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. X, the moonshot factoryResearch Scientist2021 — 2022Mountain View, California, United States
  3. GoogleSoftware Engineer2019 — 2021Mountain View, California
  4. Duke UniversityResearch Assistant2019 — 2021Durham, North Carolina
  5. Duke UniversityResearch Assistant2018 — 2019Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
  6. Duke UniversityTeaching Assistant2017 — 2019
  7. Duke UniversityResearch Assistant2015 — 2017Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
  8. Palantir TechnologiesForward Deployed Engineer2018London, United Kingdom
  9. LogglySoftware Engineer2017San Francisco Bay Area
  10. NateraData Scientist2016San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Quantum Computing2Research8Leadership10Machine Learning5Statistics4Physics5Mathematics5Algorithms2Deep LearningSoftware Development2EntrepreneurshipPython4
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Languages Arabic · English · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Faris Sbahi?
Faris Sbahi is Co-Founder and CEO of Normal Computing, where the focus is on AI scaling and reliability challenges by connecting approaches to physics and computation. His prior work involves scaling products and conducting research grounded in Bayesian and physics-inspired machine learning.
Where does Faris Sbahi work?
Faris Sbahi is Founder of Normal Computing.
What companies did Faris Sbahi found?
Faris Sbahi founded Normal Computing.
Where did Faris Sbahi go to school?
Faris Sbahi studied at Duke University (Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics); Duke University (Duke in the Arab World); PhD drop-out (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics).

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