About
Luca Weihs is a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic and co-founded Vercept, which Anthropic acquired in early 2026. He previously served as a research manager at the Allen Institute for AI, where his work focused on reinforcement learning for embodied agents. He holds a PhD in statistics from the University of Washington, where he was advised by Mathias Drton, and completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at UC Berkeley.
Founder at VERCEPT
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Kiana Ehsani
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Ross Girshick
Experience
- AnthropicMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — present
- VerceptCo-Founder2024 — 2026Seattle, Washington, United States
- Allen Institute for AI (AI2)Research Manager2023 — 2024
- Allen Institute for AI (AI2)Research Scientist2018 — 2024Greater Seattle Area
- University of WashingtonResearch Assistant2014 — 2017Greater Seattle Area
- Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)Research Scientist Intern2016Greater Seattle Area
- Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)Research Scientist Intern2015Greater Seattle Area
- ClearSlideData Scientist Intern2014San Francisco Bay Area
- EdmodoSoftware Engineering Intern2013
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R1Python2Java1SQL1ScalaMachine Learning2Data AnalysisStatistical ModelingStatistics1JavaScript1PHP1LaTeX
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luca Weihs?
- Luca Weihs is a Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic and co-founded Vercept, which Anthropic acquired in early 2026. He previously served as a research manager at the Allen Institute for AI, where his work focused on reinforcement learning for embodied agents. He holds a PhD in statistics from the University of Washington, where he was advised by Mathias Drton, and completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at UC Berkeley.
- Where does Luca Weihs work?
- Luca Weihs is Founder of VERCEPT.
- What companies did Luca Weihs found?
- Luca Weihs founded VERCEPT.
- Where did Luca Weihs go to school?
- Luca Weihs studied at University of Washington (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Statistics); University of California, Berkeley (BA, Mathematics).
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