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Joe: together at Google
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Joe: together at Facebook
About
Joe Gershenson is a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, where he works on AI agents. His focus includes building engineering and research teams working on machine learning.
Founder at GazeHawkYC S10
Intro paths
YC
Joe went through Y Combinator (Summer 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at GazeHawk
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Brian KrauszFounder
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — present
- AssembledHead of Engineering2024 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- AmazonDirector, Applied Science2024
- AdeptHead of Research Engineering2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- StripeHead of ML Infrastructure2018 — 2022
- Segment.comEngineering Manager2016 — 2017
- Infer, Inc.Software Engineer2013 — 2016Mountain View, CA
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2012 — 2013Menlo Park, CA
- GazeHawk, Inc.Co-founder2009 — 2012Mountain View, CA
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityGraduate Student / Independent Researcher2009 — 2010Pittsburgh, PA
- GoogleAssociate Product Manager Intern2008Mountain View, CA
Skills & more
Engineering LeadershipExecutive Level ManagementMachine Learning9Computer Vision2Model Checking1Cellular Automata1Early Stage Companies2Algorithms2Computer Science1Distributed SystemsMemes2Modeling1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joe Gershenson?
- Joe Gershenson is a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, where he works on AI agents. His focus includes building engineering and research teams working on machine learning.
- Where does Joe Gershenson work?
- Joe Gershenson is Founder of GazeHawk.
- What companies did Joe Gershenson found?
- Joe Gershenson founded GazeHawk.
- Where did Joe Gershenson go to school?
- Joe Gershenson studied at Y Combinator; Carnegie Mellon University (Masters, Computer Science); Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science, Computer Science).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Carnegie Mellon University mafia481
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AIJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3
+ 474 more
Stripe mafia152
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Hemant TanejaInvestor (former Board Member)Founded Hippocratic AIMatt HuangBoard MemberFounded Paradigm +1Patrick CollisonCo-founder & CEOFounded AuctomaticGreg BrockmanFounding Engineer, then first CTOFounded OpenAIDaniela AmodeiEarly employee — Risk ManagerFounded AnthropicArvid LunnemarkSoftware EngineeringFounded Cursor
+ 145 more
OpenAI mafia103
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEOFounded Tools for Humanity +2Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board memberFounded PayPal +5Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief ScientistFounded Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasResearch ScientistFounded PerplexityDario AmodeiVP of ResearchFounded Anthropic
+ 96 more
Assembled mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University728
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 722 more
Shared employers
Also worked at OpenAI190
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic
+ 184 more
Also worked at Assembled5
Also worked at Amazon1,091
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital
+ 1,085 more
Also worked at Stripe244
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of StripeJohn CollisonCo-founder & President of StripeGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI
+ 238 more