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Jorge Pérez

Founder

Founder at Cero

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

FoundedCero · YC

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About

Jorge Pérez holds a PhD in Computer Science and has spent over a decade conducting research in web data, natural language processing, and deep learning, including work as a Microsoft Research PhD Fellow. He has authored publications in major conferences including NeurIPS, ICLR, and IJCAI, and developed open-source NLP tools for Spanish that are used by industry and academic institutions across Latin America.

Founder at CeroYC S21

Intro paths

YC

Jorge went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Cero's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

In turn, Jorge can intro founders to Cero's investors below.

Co-founders at Cero

Experience

  1. CERO.AI (YC S21)Co-Foundercurrent2021 — presentSantiago
  2. Instituto Milenio Fundamentos de los DatosAssociate Researcher2018 — 2022Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
  3. Universidad de ChileAssociate Professor2011 — 2021Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
  4. Technische Universität WienVisiting Researcher2011Vienna, Austria
  5. Pontificia Universidad Cat��lica de ChileAdjunct Assistant Professor2008 — 2010Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
  6. MicrosoftPhD Intern2009Redmond, Washington, United States
  7. Universidad de TalcaAssistant Professor2005 — 2007Curicó, Maule, Chile
  8. Pontificia Universidad Cat��lica de ChileAdjunct Professor2004Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

Skills & more

Artificial Intelligence (AI)6Natural Language Processing (NLP)4Data Science2Scientific Research2Theoretical Computer Science1Deep Learning4

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jorge Pérez?
Jorge Pérez holds a PhD in Computer Science and has spent over a decade conducting research in web data, natural language processing, and deep learning, including work as a Microsoft Research PhD Fellow. He has authored publications in major conferences including NeurIPS, ICLR, and IJCAI, and developed open-source NLP tools for Spanish that are used by industry and academic institutions across Latin America.
Where does Jorge Pérez work?
Jorge Pérez is Founder of Cero.
What companies did Jorge Pérez found?
Jorge Pérez founded Cero.
Where did Jorge Pérez go to school?
Jorge Pérez studied at Y Combinator; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Engineer's degree, Computer Science).

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