Where does Luis Ceze work?

Luis Ceze is VP AI Systems Software, Compilers at NVIDIA and Board director at Octoml.

What check size does Luis Ceze write?

Luis Ceze typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.

Where did Luis Ceze go to school?

Luis Ceze studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD, Computer Science); USP - Universidade de São Paulo (BS and MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering).

Luis Ceze

Investor

VP AI Systems Software, Compilers at NVIDIA · Board director at Octoml

Seattle, Washington

Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $5M

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529 people in our graph share verified history with Luis — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Tim PorterunlockedLuis: together at Madrona Venture Group (2018–2024)

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Luis: together at USP - Universidade de São Paulo

Luis: together at Octoml

About

Luis Ceze is Vice President of AI Systems Software and Compilers at NVIDIA, where he leads a team focused on AI systems engineering. He is also a professor at the University of Washington and conducts research in computer systems architecture, programming systems, machine learning, and biology, with particular emphasis on efficient and resilient AI systems and hybrid molecular-electronic mechanisms. He is a former startup co-founder and CEO.

Board director at Octoml

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Octoml's investors · 1

Madrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checks

Co-founders at Octoml

Jason KnightDirector

Experience

NVIDIAVP AI Systems Software, Compilerscurrent2024 — presentSeattle, WA
University of WashingtonProfessorcurrent2007 — present
OctoAICo-founder and CEO2019 — 2024Seattle
Madrona Venture GroupVenture Partner2018 — 2024Seattle, Washington
CorensicCo-founder, and Technical Advisor2008 — 2012Seattle, WA
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignResearch Assistant2002 — 2007
IBM T. J. Watson Research CenterSummer Research Intern2001 — 2006
LARC- USPEngineer2000 — 2001

Skills & more

Parallel Computing39Computer Science53Parallel Programming19Computer Architecture27High Performance Computing34Distributed Systems20Simulations6Software Engineering15Linux4Software Design6LaTeX9Programming10

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Colleagues at NVIDIA

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Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science at Propagator Ventures

Brooke Seawell

Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Can Celik

Founder at herdr

Dr. Marco Pavone

Investor at AV8 Ventures

Erikan Obotetukudo

Founder and Managing Partner at Audacity Global

Garnet Heraman

Founder and Managing Partner at Aperture Venture Capital

Jonathan Ross

Founder of Groq; inventor of Google's TPU — now at Nvidia

Jure Leskovec

Advisory Board at Silicon Gardens

Frequently asked questions

Who is Luis Ceze?: Luis Ceze is Vice President of AI Systems Software and Compilers at NVIDIA, where he leads a team focused on AI systems engineering. He is also a professor at the University of Washington and conducts research in computer systems architecture, programming systems, machine learning, and biology, with particular emphasis on efficient and resilient AI systems and hybrid molecular-electronic mechanisms. He is a former startup co-founder and CEO.
Where does Luis Ceze work?: Luis Ceze is VP AI Systems Software, Compilers at NVIDIA and Board director at Octoml.
What check size does Luis Ceze write?: Luis Ceze typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
Where did Luis Ceze go to school?: Luis Ceze studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD, Computer Science); USP - Universidade de São Paulo (BS and MEng, Electrical and Computer Engineering).

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