Where does François Chollet work?

François Chollet is Co-founder, Board Member, Creator of ARC-AGI of ARC Prize Foundation and Founder at Ndea and Founder at Ndea.

What companies did François Chollet found?

François Chollet founded ARC Prize Foundation, Ndea.

What podcasts and interviews feature François Chollet?

Tracked appearances include "François Chollet: The ARC Prize & How We Get to AGI".

François Chollet

Founder

Founder at Ndea · Co-founder, Board Member, Creator of ARC-AGI at ARC Prize Foundation

United States

FoundedARC Prize Foundation · YC Ndea · YC

Find your path to François

1,136 people in our graph share verified history with François — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry TanunlockedFrançois: together at Y Combinator (2026)

×11François: together at Y Combinator

About

Francois Chollet is a machine learning researcher and software engineer who created Keras, a widely-used deep learning framework, and previously led AI research at Google. He is the founder of Ndea.

Founder at Ndea YC W26

Intro paths

François went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ndea's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

→

In turn, François can intro founders to Ndea's investors below.

Ndea's investors · 4

Air Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checks Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks Menlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Ndea

Mike KnoopFounder

Francois CholletFounder

Co-founder, Board Member, Creator of ARC-AGI at ARC Prize Foundation YC W26

Intro paths

François went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran ARC Prize Foundation's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

→

In turn, François can intro founders to ARC Prize Foundation's investors below.

ARC Prize Foundation's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at ARC Prize Foundation

Greg KamradtFounder/President

Mike KnoopCo-founder, Board Member

Founder at Ndea YC W26

Intro paths

François went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ndea's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

→

In turn, François can intro founders to Ndea's investors below.

Ndea's investors · 4

Co-founders at Ndea

François CholletFounder

Mike KnoopFounder

Experience

NdeaCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
ARC PrizeCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
GoogleSoftware Engineer2015 — 2024Mountain View, California, United States

Skills & more

Python52C2Java2LaTeX3Artificial Intelligence54Machine Learning56Algorithms27Computer Science20Robotics2Computer Vision15Software Engineering19Neural Networks26

+3 more

Genetic AlgorithmsResearchSoftware Development

From François's professional profile.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring François Chollet

François Chollet: The ARC Prize & How We Get to AGI

AI Startup School

Frequently asked questions

Who is François Chollet?: Francois Chollet is a machine learning researcher and software engineer who created Keras, a widely-used deep learning framework, and previously led AI research at Google. He is the founder of Ndea.
Where does François Chollet work?: François Chollet is Co-founder, Board Member, Creator of ARC-AGI of ARC Prize Foundation and Founder at Ndea and Founder at Ndea.
What companies did François Chollet found?: François Chollet founded ARC Prize Foundation, Ndea.
What podcasts and interviews feature François Chollet?: Tracked appearances include "François Chollet: The ARC Prize & How We Get to AGI".