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Mark Buckler

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Resident Expert (AI House) at AI2 Incubator · Founder/CEO at Soundry AI

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedSoundry AI · YC

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Mark: together at AI2 Incubator
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Mark: together at University of Massachusetts Amherst

About

Mark Buckler completed a PhD at Cornell University with research focused on hardware acceleration for deep neural networks. He has prior experience across robotics, biomedical imaging, computer vision, hardware acceleration, and computer architecture.

Founder/CEO at Soundry AIYC W24

Intro paths

YC

Mark went through Y Combinator (Winter 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Soundry AI's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Soundry AI

JPJustin Parus
Justin ParusFounder

Experience

  1. AI2 IncubatorResident Expert (AI House)current2025 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. Soundry AIFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSeattle, WA
  3. Codex CollectiveFounder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  4. Stability AIOpen Source Researcher2022 — 2023
  5. AmazonApplied Scientist2019 — 2023Greater Seattle Area
  6. Cornell UniversityPhD Candidate2014 — 2019Ithaca, New York Area
  7. Elucid Bioimaging Inc.Research Contractor2018Wenham, MA
  8. DeepScaleResearch Intern2018Mountain View, CA
  9. Firebrand InnovationsFounder & CEO2012 — 2015Greater Boston Area
  10. University of Massachusetts AmherstGraduate Researcher2012 — 2014Amherst, MA
  11. AMDGraduate Co-Op Researcher2013Greater Boston Area
  12. RF DiagnosticsHardware Engineer2012Niskayuna
  13. RPI Smart Lighting ERCUndergraduate Researcher2012RPI
  14. RPI Smart Lighting ERCUndergraduate Researcher2011
  15. Bose CorporationSummer Intern2011
  16. Ember Corporation (now Silicon Laboratories)Summer and Winter Intern2010 — 2011
  17. MITRESummer and Winter Intern2007 — 2010

Skills & more

Computer HardwareOpen-Source SoftwarePython (Programming Language)Embedded SystemsC (Programming Language)C++LinuxVerilogPyTorchEvent ProductionLive EventsAudio Engineering
+12 moreData CompressionDigital ImagingDigital PhotographyVolunteer ManagementVolunteeringTeam BuildingCross-functional Team LeadershipEvent PlanningEvent ManagementMusic ProductionMusic IndustryProduct Design

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Colleagues at AI2 Incubator

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Managing Director at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Eric Chen
Founder at Cakework
Jacob Colker
General Partner at AI2 Incubator
Kirby Winfield
General Partner at Ascend Venture Capital
Matt McIlwain
General Partner at AI2 Incubator
Mike Mortensen
Advisory Partner at StratMinds
Oren Etzioni
Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Vu Ha
General Partner at AI2 Incubator

Frequently asked questions

Who is Mark Buckler?
Mark Buckler completed a PhD at Cornell University with research focused on hardware acceleration for deep neural networks. He has prior experience across robotics, biomedical imaging, computer vision, hardware acceleration, and computer architecture.
Where does Mark Buckler work?
Mark Buckler is Founder/CEO of Soundry AI and Resident Expert (AI House) at AI2 Incubator.
What companies did Mark Buckler found?
Mark Buckler founded Soundry AI.
Where did Mark Buckler go to school?
Mark Buckler studied at Cornell University (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Engineering); University of Massachusetts Amherst (Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering).

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