Geoffrey Negiar
FounderFounder & CEO at The Forecasting Company
Berkeley, California, United States
FoundedThe Forecasting Company · YC
About
Geoffrey Negiar holds a PhD from UC Berkeley's BAIR lab and has worked on forecasting and optimization research at Amazon Forecasting Science, Google Brain, and Bloomberg LP. He is co-founder and CEO of The Forecasting Company.
Founder & CEO at The Forecasting CompanyYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Geoffrey went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran The Forecasting Company's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Geoffrey can intro founders to The Forecasting Company's investors below.
The Forecasting Company's investors · 2
Co-founders at The Forecasting Company
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Joachim FainbergCo-founder & CTO
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Geoffrey NégiarCo-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CEO at The Forecasting CompanyYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Geoffrey went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran The Forecasting Company's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
→
In turn, Geoffrey can intro founders to The Forecasting Company's investors below.
The Forecasting Company's investors · 2
Co-founders at The Forecasting Company
GN
Geoffrey NegiarFounder & CEO
JF
Joachim FainbergCo-founder & CTO
Experience
- The Forecasting CompanyCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — present
- Berkeley LabGraduate Student Researcher2022 — 2023
- ICSI - International Computer Science InstituteGraduate Student Researcher2020 — 2023
- UC BerkeleyPhD Student2017 — 2023
- UC BerkeleyVisiting Researcher2017Berkeley, California
- AmazonApplied Science Intern2022 — 2023New York City Metropolitan Area
- GoogleStudent Researcher2021 — 2022
- GoogleResearch Intern2021
- SumUp AnalyticsMachine Learning Researcher2020San Francisco Bay Area
- InriaVisiting Researcher2019Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Bloomberg LPML Research Intern2018New York, New York
- Shift TechnologyData science research intern2016Paris Area, France
- French Embassy in Moscow, RussiaIntern2015Moscou, Russie
- Ministère de l'Education nationale (Lycée Condorcet)Teacher Assistant / Colleur2014 — 2015Région de Paris, France
- Gendarmerie NationaleAssistant to the Commanding Officer2013 — 2014Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Skills & more
Anglais18English14Français10French5Communication10Interdisciplinary Research10PyTorch8JaxArtificial Intelligence (AI)1ForecastingStatistical ModelingResearch Skills
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Deep LearningPythonMachine LearningOptimizationC++LaTeXTeachingEnseignementParler en publicPublic SpeakingMathematical StatisticsPython (Programming Language)Languages Anglais · Espagnol · Français · Japonais · Russe
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Geoffrey Negiar?
- Geoffrey Negiar holds a PhD from UC Berkeley's BAIR lab and has worked on forecasting and optimization research at Amazon Forecasting Science, Google Brain, and Bloomberg LP. He is co-founder and CEO of The Forecasting Company.
- Where does Geoffrey Negiar work?
- Geoffrey Negiar is Founder & CEO of The Forecasting Company.
- What companies did Geoffrey Negiar found?
- Geoffrey Negiar founded The Forecasting Company.
- Where did Geoffrey Negiar go to school?
- Geoffrey Negiar studied at Y Combinator; University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); École Polytechnique (Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science).
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