About
Ian Baldwin holds a PhD from Oxford and has worked on machine learning applications across autonomous vehicles and aerospace, including roles at Zoox and NASA. He is a co-founder of Booth AI, which focuses on generative machine learning for e-commerce.
Founder at Booth AIYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Ian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ian can intro founders to Booth AI's investors below.
Booth AI's investors · 2
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Co-founders at Booth AI
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Nick LocascioFounder
Experience
- DoorDashGenAI @ DoorDashcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Booth AICo-Founder2022 — 2024
- XwingPerception Lead2021 — 2022Concord, California, United States
- NASA Ames Research CenterTechnical Leader - Data Science2020 — 2021
- MossCo-Founder2019 — 2020San Ramon, California
- Point One NavigationComputer Vision Lead2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Zippy.aiSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- ZooxTechnical Lead2016 — 2017
- ZooxSoftware Engineer2016San Francisco Bay Area
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryResearch Engineer2014 — 2016Greater Los Angeles Area
- Automated ReasoningApplications Engineer2007
Skills & more
Team Leadership4Software Development13Machine Learning18Matlab11Robotics6Microcontrollers1Computer Vision3C1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ian Baldwin?
- Ian Baldwin holds a PhD from Oxford and has worked on machine learning applications across autonomous vehicles and aerospace, including roles at Zoox and NASA. He is a co-founder of Booth AI, which focuses on generative machine learning for e-commerce.
- Where does Ian Baldwin work?
- Ian Baldwin is Founder of Booth AI.
- What companies did Ian Baldwin found?
- Ian Baldwin founded Booth AI.
- Where did Ian Baldwin go to school?
- Ian Baldwin studied at University of Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering Science); University of Cape Town (MSc, Mechanical Engineering (Robotics)); University of Cape Town (BSc, Electromechanical Engineering).
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