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Michael Poli

Founder

Founder at Radical Numerics

United States

FoundedRadical Numerics

About

Michael Poli is Co-founder and Chief AI Scientist at Radical Numerics. His work focuses on deep learning, numerics, and systems, with an emphasis on designing large neural network architectures for efficient performance.

Founder at Radical Numerics

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Radical Numerics's investors · 2

First Spark Ventures, LlcMenlo ParkObvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks

Co-founders at Radical Numerics

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Eric NguyenFounder

Experience

  1. Radical NumericsCo-founder & Chief AI Scientistcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Liquid AIFounding Scientist2024 — 2025
  3. Together AIAdvisor2024
  4. Together AIStaff Research Scientist2023 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  5. MicrosoftResearch Scientist [ML/AI]2022Redmond, Washington, United States
  6. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyResearch Fellow2020 — 2022Daejeon, South Korea
  7. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyResearch Assistant2018 — 2020Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
  8. NAVER CorpResearch Scientist [ML/AI]2021Daejeon, South Korea
  9. KoidraResearch Scientist [ML/AI]2020 — 2021
  10. Neuri Pte LtdResearch Engineer [ML/AI]2019Singapore
  11. MarpossControl Engineer2017 — 2018Nanjing City, China

Skills & more

Public Speaking5Management1English3Chinese4Graph Neural NetworksData Analysis8Machine Learning9PyTorch7Statistics1ResearchAlgorithmsPython4
+12 moreCMicrosoft ExcelMatlabC++TensorFlowDeep LearningFeature EngineeringData ScienceTime Series AnalysisSwift (Programming Language)Reinforcement LearningCUDA

Languages English · Français · Italiano · 中文 · 한국어

  • 汉语水平考试五级 (HSK5) - C1 — Hanban
  • TOEFL iBT 113/120 — TOEFL

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Michael Poli?
Michael Poli is Co-founder and Chief AI Scientist at Radical Numerics. His work focuses on deep learning, numerics, and systems, with an emphasis on designing large neural network architectures for efficient performance.
Where does Michael Poli work?
Michael Poli is Founder of Radical Numerics.
What companies did Michael Poli found?
Michael Poli founded Radical Numerics.
Where did Michael Poli go to school?
Michael Poli studied at Stanford University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Master of Science - M.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering); Nanjing University (Chinese (Semester-Long Intensive Language Program)).

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