Joshua Dillon
FounderFounder at rekursiv.ai
Mountain View, California, United States
Foundedrekursiv.ai · YC
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Joshua: together at Georgia Institute of Technology
Joshua: together at Luma AI
About
Joshua Dillon held research scientist roles at Google, DeepMind, and Luma AI spanning 14 years, where he contributed to foundational model pre-training and led development of TensorFlow Probability. He is now co-founder of rekursiv.ai, which focuses on automating machine learning research processes.
Founder at rekursiv.aiYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Joshua went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at rekursiv.ai
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Dan KondratyukFounder
Experience
- rekursiv.aiCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- Self-employedSabbatical2025Mountain View, California, United States
- Luma AIStaff Research Scientist2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- Google DeepMindStaff Research Scientist2024Mountain View, California, United States
- GoogleStaff Research Scientist2011 — 2024Mountain View, California, United States
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant2009 — 2011Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Microsoft ResearchIntern2009Redmond, Washington, United States
- Purdue UniversityLecturer2008West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- Purdue UniversityResearch Assistant2006 — 2008West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- Purdue UniversityTeaching Assistant2007West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- Lawrence Livermore Nat. LabSummer Scholar2006Walnut Creek, California, United States
- IBMExtreme Blue Intern2005Austin, Texas, United States
- ThermoAnalytics IncIntern2005Calumet, Michigan, United States
- IBMIntern2003Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- IBMIntern2002Rochester, Minnesota, United States
- Michigan Department of TransportationIntern2002Cass City, Michigan, United States
Skills & more
Machine Learning8Statistical LearningResearchArtificial IntelligenceStatistical Signal ProcessingStatistical Modeling1Natural Language ProcessingAlgorithms2Online AuctionsInformation Retrieval1Parallel ComputingOptimization1
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Parallel AlgorithmsParallel ProgrammingData MiningBayesian statisticsStatistical InferenceMathematicsApplied MathematicsSignal ProcessingNIPSPerlPhDMatlabLanguages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joshua Dillon?
- Joshua Dillon held research scientist roles at Google, DeepMind, and Luma AI spanning 14 years, where he contributed to foundational model pre-training and led development of TensorFlow Probability. He is now co-founder of rekursiv.ai, which focuses on automating machine learning research processes.
- Where does Joshua Dillon work?
- Joshua Dillon is Founder of rekursiv.ai.
- What companies did Joshua Dillon found?
- Joshua Dillon founded rekursiv.ai.
- Where did Joshua Dillon go to school?
- Joshua Dillon studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Ph.D, Computational Science & Engineering); Purdue University (MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering); Michigan Technological University (B.S, Computer Engineering & Electrical Engineering).
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Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Georgia Institute of Technology mafia365
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Michigan Technological University mafia13
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Shared employers
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