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Joshua Dillon

Founder

Founder at rekursiv.ai

Mountain View, California, United States

Foundedrekursiv.ai · YC

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.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran rekursiv.ai's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Joshua can intro founders to rekursiv.ai's investors below.

rekursiv.ai's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at rekursiv.ai

DKDan Kondratyuk
Dan KondratyukFounder

Experience

  1. rekursiv.aiCo-Foundercurrent2026 — presentMountain View, California, United States
  2. Self-employedSabbatical2025Mountain View, California, United States
  3. Luma AIStaff Research Scientist2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
  4. Google DeepMindStaff Research Scientist2024Mountain View, California, United States
  5. GoogleStaff Research Scientist2011 — 2024Mountain View, California, United States
  6. Georgia Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant2009 — 2011Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  7. Microsoft ResearchIntern2009Redmond, Washington, United States
  8. Purdue UniversityLecturer2008West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
  9. Purdue UniversityResearch Assistant2006 — 2008West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
  10. Purdue UniversityTeaching Assistant2007West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
  11. Lawrence Livermore Nat. LabSummer Scholar2006Walnut Creek, California, United States
  12. IBMExtreme Blue Intern2005Austin, Texas, United States
  13. ThermoAnalytics IncIntern2005Calumet, Michigan, United States
  14. IBMIntern2003Rochester, Minnesota, United States
  15. IBMIntern2002Rochester, Minnesota, United States
  16. Michigan Department of TransportationIntern2002Cass City, Michigan, United States

Skills & more

Machine Learning8Statistical LearningResearchArtificial IntelligenceStatistical Signal ProcessingStatistical Modeling1Natural Language ProcessingAlgorithms2Online AuctionsInformation Retrieval1Parallel ComputingOptimization1
+12 moreParallel AlgorithmsParallel ProgrammingData MiningBayesian statisticsStatistical InferenceMathematicsApplied MathematicsSignal ProcessingNIPSPerlPhDMatlab

Languages 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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