About
Omar Shams founded Mutable.ai after working as a researcher at DeepMind, where he published work on reinforcement learning and graph neural networks. He previously held roles in music recommendation systems and theoretical physics research.
Founder at mutable.aiYC W22
Intro paths
YC
Omar went through Y Combinator (Winter 2022) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Omar can intro founders to mutable.ai's investors below.
mutable.ai's investors · 3
Experience
- GoogleResearch Engineercurrent2024 — present
- mutable.aiFounder/CEO2021 — 2024
- AppleStaff Machine Learning Engineer2020 — 2021
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2017 — 2020Software Engineer
- GoogleResearch Engineer @ DeepMind2018 — 2019London, England, United Kingdom
- DeepMindResearch Engineer2018 — 2019London, England, United Kingdom
- Hutchin Hill CapitalQuantitative Research Scientist2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- HifiMachine Learning Engineer (Lead)2015 — 2016Greater New York City Area
Education
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelors of Science, Physics
- Rutgers UniversityPhD (all but dissertation), Theoretical Particle Physics
- Y Combinator2022
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded LooptFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded CoinbaseMatt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded HotspotsTrae StephensYC Winter 2022Founded PursuitDelian AsparouhovYC Summer 2014Founded Nightingale +1Justin KanYC Winter 2018Founded Rye +3
+ 8,661 more
Carnegie Mellon University mafia168
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Dr. Manu KumarBSFounded Hi Hello +1Blake SchollBSFounded Boom +1Vishwas PrabhakaraB.S.Founded Fanvibe +1Dan SilbermanMathematics and Computer ScienceFounded Mozart Data +1Ivan KiriginMSFounded YesGraph +1Wei An WangBachelor's Degree (BS)Founded Readily +1
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Rutgers University mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Ryan BednarBSFounded RankScience +1Harsh YadavMaster of ScienceFounded Ryse +1Kevin BittermanBAFounded Editas MedicineSamir HousriBS & BAFounded MednetCarolyn MooneyFounded NextmvEdoardo ContiBachelor's degreeFounded Bandit ML
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Same school
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University378
Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel CapitalTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVlad LoktevInvestor at Index Ventures
+ 372 more
Also attended Rutgers University110
Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersBasil AlomaryPrincipal, Head of Research & Growth Strategy at Stripes
+ 104 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesJustin SwartPartner at Bitkraft Esports VenturesVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way VenturesSwapnil JainCEO, Observe.AI at EMERGENT VENTURESChase AdamPartner at Very Serious Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Google1,533
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
+ 1,527 more
Also worked at Apple451
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at Daphni
+ 445 more
Also worked at DeepMind43
Jeff RoseAdvisor at AI CapitalVishal MainiFounder & Managing Partner at Mythos Ventures Management, LlcChris WatkinsHead of Data & Analytics at Asymmetric Capital PartnersBeliz GunelExperts | Advisor at 212Steve CrossanVenture Partner at firstminute capitalRoy TimorPrincipal AI Engineering Manager at 25Madison
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