Joachim Fainberg
FounderCo-founder & CTO at The Forecasting Company
Paris, Île-de-France, France
FoundedThe Forecasting Company · YC
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Joachim: together at New York Film Academy
About
Joachim Fainberg holds a PhD in machine learning for speech and has worked as a full-stack developer, including roles at JPMorgan's Machine Learning Center of Excellence, Sonos (on-device wake word detection), Bloomberg (large-scale ASR systems), and two startups as an ML/NLP team lead and senior algorithm engineer in prop-tech and renewable energy applications.
Co-founder & CTO at The Forecasting CompanyYC S24
Intro paths
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Joachim 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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Co-founders at The Forecasting Company
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Geoffrey NegiarFounder & CEO
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Geoffrey NégiarCo-founder & CEO
Experience
- The Forecasting CompanyCo-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- Vind AISenior Algorithm Engineer2023 — 2024Oslo, Norway
- CONSIGLI ASTechnical Lead - AI | ML | NLP | DS2022 — 2023Oslo, Norway
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Vice President, Machine Learning Scientist2022New York, New York, United States
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.Sr. Associate, Machine Learning Scientist2020 — 2022New York, New York, United States
- Bloomberg LPMachine Learning Intern2018New York City Metropolitan Area
- Sonos, Inc.Research Associate2018
- Sonos, Inc.Machine Learning Intern2017Santa Barbara County, California, United States
- CereProc Ltd.Norwegian Language Consultant2015 — 2017Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- CharcoalblueTheatre Consultant2014
- CharcoalblueTheatre Consultant2012 — 2013London Area, United Kingdom
- Visual ACT ABSoftware tester/Mechanic2004 — 2011Scandinavia
- Den Norske Opera & BallettSupernumerary1997 — 2011
- Oslo Kru ASFollow spot operator2010Oslo, Norway
- Vallhall Trening & Terapisenter ASReceptionist2009 — 2010Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Oslo Nye TeaterFollow spot operator2009Oslo, Norway
- Monster Entertainment ASFollow spot operator2009Oslo, Norway
Skills & more
PyTorchTensorFlowPython (Programming Language)Pro Tools5Team LeadershipSpeech RecognitionAlgorithmsFull-Stack DevelopmentData ScienceFilm4Sound15Recording3
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MusicCompositionPianoMusic ProductionSound DesignTheatreAudio EngineeringSound EditingAudio EditingStudio RecordingMachine LearningDeep LearningLanguages English · Norwegian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joachim Fainberg?
- Joachim Fainberg holds a PhD in machine learning for speech and has worked as a full-stack developer, including roles at JPMorgan's Machine Learning Center of Excellence, Sonos (on-device wake word detection), Bloomberg (large-scale ASR systems), and two startups as an ML/NLP team lead and senior algorithm engineer in prop-tech and renewable energy applications.
- Where does Joachim Fainberg work?
- Joachim Fainberg is Co-founder & CTO of The Forecasting Company.
- What companies did Joachim Fainberg found?
- Joachim Fainberg founded The Forecasting Company.
- Where did Joachim Fainberg go to school?
- Joachim Fainberg studied at The University of Edinburgh (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Artificial Intelligence); The University of Edinburgh (Master of Science (MSc), Artificial Intelligence); University of Surrey (BMus (Hons), Music & Sound Recording BMus (Tonmeister)).
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