Where does Michal Valko work?

Michal Valko is Venture Partner at KAYA.

Where did Michal Valko go to school?

Michal Valko studied at University of Pittsburgh (PhD., Machine Learning); ENS Paris-Saclay (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HdR), Bandit theory); Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Erasmus Exchange, Machine Learning).

Michal Valko

Investor

Venture Partner at KAYA · Venture Partner at Formula VC

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

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About

AI researcher with a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, a tenured researcher at Inria, and lecturer at ENS Paris-Saclay. He has worked at Google DeepMind and Meta, contributing to Llama 3, with focus areas in reinforcement learning and model alignment.

Experience

Isara LabsFounding Researchercurrent2025 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
InriaTenured Senior Scientistcurrent2013 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
InriaTenured Junior Scientist2012 — 2013Greater Lille Metropolitan Area
InriaPostdoctoral Researcher2011 — 2012Greater Lille Metropolitan Area
École normale supérieure Paris-SaclayExternal Lecturer (CEV)current2013 — presentFrance
MetaPrincipal Llama Scientist2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
Google DeepMindSenior Staff Research Scientist2021 — 2024Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Google DeepMindStaff Research Scientist2019 — 2021Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
University of PittsburghResearch Assistant2006 — 2011Greater Pittsburgh Region
University of PittsburghTeaching Assistant2005
IntelGraduate Research Intern2010
IntelIntel Research Grad Intern2009
Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch Assistant2003 — 2006

Skills & more

Social Network Analysis1Bayesian OptimizationGame TheoryLarge Language Models (LLM)Deep LearningMachine Learning99Artificial Intelligence18Algorithms70Pattern Recognition37Computer Science22Graph Theory4Programming35

+12 more

Data MiningStatisticsApplied MathematicsResearchMathematicsStatistical ModelingAnomaly DetectionBioinformaticsLaTeXC++CSQL

Languages Czech · English · French · Portuguese · Slovak

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Juraj Masar

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Karel Zheng

General Partner at KAYA

Klaudia Kristofova

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Martin Rajcan

General Partner at KAYA

Martin Schmid

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Pavel Mucha

General Partner at KAYA

Frequently asked questions

Who is Michal Valko?: AI researcher with a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, a tenured researcher at Inria, and lecturer at ENS Paris-Saclay. He has worked at Google DeepMind and Meta, contributing to Llama 3, with focus areas in reinforcement learning and model alignment.
Where does Michal Valko work?: Michal Valko is Venture Partner at KAYA.
Where did Michal Valko go to school?: Michal Valko studied at University of Pittsburgh (PhD., Machine Learning); ENS Paris-Saclay (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HdR), Bandit theory); Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Erasmus Exchange, Machine Learning).