Where does Max Welling work?

Max Welling is Co-Founder of CuspAI.

Where did Max Welling go to school?

Max Welling studied at Utrecht University (PhD, Theoretical Physics); University of Toronto (postdoc, machine learning / statistics); UCL (postdoc, machine learning).

Max Welling

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder at CuspAI

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

FoundedCuspAI$2.6B

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Zheela QaiserunlockedMax: together at CuspAI (2026)

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Max: together at UCL

About

Max Welling co-founded CuspAI in 2024 to build a generative search engine for new materials. He is a professor of machine learning at the University of Amsterdam, was a distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research and vice president of technology at Qualcomm, and did his postdoctoral work with Geoffrey Hinton.

Co-Founder at CuspAI

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CuspAI's investors · 17

AMD VenturesSanta Clara Basis Set VenturesMenlo Park · $1M – $3M checks Bezos Expeditions Giant Ventures Global LlpLondon · $10M – $20M checks Glade Brook Capital PartnersGreenwich Hoxton VenturesLondon · $500K – $5M checks Inception Fund$110K – $1.1M checks Invest-NLAmsterdam Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks NorthzoneLondon · $1M – $50M checks NVenturesSanta Clara SovereignAI$13M checks TemasekSingapore Zero Prime VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $1.5M checks

Co-founders at CuspAI

Chad EdwardsCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

CuspAICo-Founder and Chief Technology Officercurrent2024 — presentCambridge & Amsterdam
CuspAICo-Founder and CAIO2024 — 2025Cambridge & Amsterdam
CaltechMerkin Distinguished Visiting Professorcurrent2024 — presentPasadena, California, USA
University of AmsterdamHoogleraar - Full Professor (Part time: 1 day a week)current2021 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
University of AmsterdamHoogleraar - Full Professor (Part time 2 days a week)2017 — 2021
University of Amsterdamhoogleraar - Full Professor (Fulltime)2012 — 2017The Randstad, Netherlands
Canadian Institute for Advanced ResearchSenior Fellowcurrent2015 — presentGreater Toronto Area, Canada
MicrosoftVP & Distinguished Scientist2021 — 2023Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
QualcommVice President Technologies2017 — 2021The Randstad, Netherlands
Scyfer B.V.co-founder and Chief Scientific Advisor2013 — 2017The Randstad, Netherlands
UC IrvineProfessor2003 — 2012Irvine, CA, USA

Frequently asked questions

Who is Max Welling?: Max Welling co-founded CuspAI in 2024 to build a generative search engine for new materials. He is a professor of machine learning at the University of Amsterdam, was a distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research and vice president of technology at Qualcomm, and did his postdoctoral work with Geoffrey Hinton.
Where does Max Welling work?: Max Welling is Co-Founder of CuspAI.
What companies did Max Welling found?: Max Welling founded CuspAI.
Where did Max Welling go to school?: Max Welling studied at Utrecht University (PhD, Theoretical Physics); University of Toronto (postdoc, machine learning / statistics); UCL (postdoc, machine learning).

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Ilya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe Superintelligence Nick FrosstCo-founder of Cohere Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark Capital Imran BashirFounding Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Extreme Venture Partners Karim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge Capital Andrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

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Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia Capital Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic Fei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at Stanford Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VC Susannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company

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Johan van MilTeam member at Peak, an early-stage fund backed by entrepreneurs Corinne VigreuxInvestor at CapitalT Benedetta GarofaloInvestment Analyst at Colesco Capital Collective Denis DvinskikhAssociate at Procuritas Björn AartsESG Director at Rabo Corporate Venturing Roderick RuinardHead of Growth at Invesdor

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Also worked at Canadian Institute for Advanced Research3

Barbara StymiestInvestor at AgeTech Capital Jordan JacobsCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Radical Ventures Brian SchmidtDirector at ACTivate Capital

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