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Jorge Torres

Founder

Founder at MindsDB

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedMindsDB · YC

About

Jorge Torres is co-founder and CEO of MindsDB, a machine learning automation platform. He previously worked at healthcare data startups analyzing patient records at scale and is a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley focused on machine learning research.

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at MindsDBYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Jorge went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — 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 MindsDB's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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

MindsDB's investors · 16

Angel InvestBerlin · $135K checksBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2023Benhamou Global VenturesMenlo Park · $200K – $5M checksBerkeley SkyDeck FundBerkeley · $200K checksMayfield FundCupertino · $500K – $12M checksMMC VenturesLondon · $635K – $13M checks · since 2021NVenturesSingapore · $25K – $2.5M checks · since 2023NVenturesSanta ClaraNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2023OpenOceanHelsinki · $2.2M – $5.5M checks · since 2021SpeedinvestVienna · $5M – $30M checks · since 2021Talis CapitalLondon · $1M – $10M checksTq Ventures LlcNew YorkUC Berkeley SkydeckBerkeley · $200K checks · since 2021Walden CatalystSan Francisco · $550K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at MindsDB

ACAdam Carrigan
Adam CarriganFounder

Experience

  1. MindsDBCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2018 — presentBerkeley
  2. CareJourneyLead Engineer2016 — 2017Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  3. Real Life Analyticsco-founder, Board Member2015 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
  4. Skillshare.comSenior Software Engineer2014 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
  5. CouchSurfing InternationalSenior Software Engineer2008 — 2012Berkeley, San Francisco, Istanbul, Brazil
  6. DataCRM Solucionesco-Founder, Board Member2008 — 2011

Skills & more

Mobile Applications42Memcached6Artificial Intelligence9Machine Learning9Control Systems Design1Information Security Management3Enterprise Information Systems1Operating Systems Design1Linux System Administration4Information Security1Computer Vision3Business Strategy7
+12 moreNew Business DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipEngineeringProduct ManagementProduct DevelopmentNew Product ImplementationsCRMStart-upsRuby on RailsGitLinuxPHP

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jorge Torres?
Jorge Torres is co-founder and CEO of MindsDB, a machine learning automation platform. He previously worked at healthcare data startups analyzing patient records at scale and is a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley focused on machine learning research.
Where does Jorge Torres work?
Jorge Torres is Founder of MindsDB.
What companies did Jorge Torres found?
Jorge Torres founded MindsDB.
Where did Jorge Torres go to school?
Jorge Torres studied at University of California, Berkeley (Visiting Research Scholar, Machine Learning Automation and Explainability); Y Combinator (W20 Alumni - MindsDB); The Australian National University (Masters Information Systems, focus on Machine learning).

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