Michael Murray
FounderFounder at Liftigniter
Seattle, Washington, United States
FoundedLiftigniter · YC
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About
Michael Murray is a Senior Researcher in the Physically Embodied AI and Robotics Group at Microsoft Research. He holds a PhD from the University of Washington, where he conducted research in the Human Centered Robotics Lab. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a software engineer at Amazon on computer vision for the Prime Air autonomous delivery drone and co-founded a Y Combinator-backed startup.
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Michael went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- MicrosoftSenior Researcher, Physically Embodied AI and Roboticscurrent2025 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- University of WashingtonGraduate Research Assistant2020 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
- AmazonSoftware Engineer2016 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
- LiftIgniterCo-founder2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2011 — 2013
- msnbc.comAssociate Web Developer2009 — 2011
- eBayIntern Web Developer2009
- Neumont UniversityJava Tutor2007 — 2009
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Murray?
- Michael Murray is a Senior Researcher in the Physically Embodied AI and Robotics Group at Microsoft Research. He holds a PhD from the University of Washington, where he conducted research in the Human Centered Robotics Lab. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a software engineer at Amazon on computer vision for the Prime Air autonomous delivery drone and co-founded a Y Combinator-backed startup.
- Where does Michael Murray work?
- Michael Murray is Founder of Liftigniter.
- What companies did Michael Murray found?
- Michael Murray founded Liftigniter.
- Where did Michael Murray go to school?
- Michael Murray studied at University of Washington (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Y Combinator; University of Washington (Master of Science - MS, Computer Science).
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