About
Forrest Briggs holds a Ph.D. in machine learning and has worked as a tech lead on perception systems at Google X and Lyft, and as a software engineer at Facebook developing computer vision technology for VR video rendering. He has over 20 patents in VR video and AI perception systems.
Founder at LifecastYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Forrest went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Lifecast's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
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In turn, Forrest can intro founders to Lifecast's investors below.
Lifecast's investors Β· 1
Experience
- Lifecast IncorporatedChief Executive Officercurrent2021 β presentMenlo Park, California, United States
- X, the moonshot factoryTechnical Lead for Calibration, Senior Software Engineer (Robotics) at Google X2019 β 2021Mountain View
- LyftTechnical Lead - Sensor Calibration, Autonomous Vehicle Engineering at Lyft Level 52017 β 2019Palo Alto
- FacebookSoftware Engineer (Building 8) - VR Camera Systems2015 β 2017Meno Park
- Rocket Fuel Inc.Machine Learning Scientist2014 β 2015
- Revolution RoboticsMachine Vision Consultant / Developer2011 β 2012
- The Learning Annex LLCWeb Developer2007 β 2008
- Sticky IncSoftware Developer2006 β 2007
- SoundSpectrum, Inc.Software Developer2005 β 2007
- JPL (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)Intern2005
Skills & more
Machine Learning5Big Data2Audio Signal Processing3Hive1Spark1Web Development1Algorithms4Data Mining1C++4Hadoop1Java3Python4
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ScalaSQLActionScriptJavaScriptLaTeXFrom Forrest's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Forrest Briggs?
- Forrest Briggs holds a Ph.D. in machine learning and has worked as a tech lead on perception systems at Google X and Lyft, and as a software engineer at Facebook developing computer vision technology for VR video rendering. He has over 20 patents in VR video and AI perception systems.
- Where does Forrest Briggs work?
- Forrest Briggs is Founder of Lifecast.
- What companies did Forrest Briggs found?
- Forrest Briggs founded Lifecast.
- Where did Forrest Briggs go to school?
- Forrest Briggs studied at Oregon State University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science); Harvey Mudd College (B.S., Computer Science).
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