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653 people in our graph share verified history with Omar — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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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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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
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Omar Shams?
- 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.
- Where does Omar Shams work?
- Omar Shams is Founder of mutable.ai.
- What companies did Omar Shams found?
- Omar Shams founded mutable.ai.
- Where did Omar Shams go to school?
- Omar Shams studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelors of Science, Physics); Rutgers University (PhD (all but dissertation), Theoretical Particle Physics); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
+ 10,223 more
Carnegie Mellon University mafia481
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Kai-Fu LeeResearch Computer Scientist / Assistant ProfessorFounded 01Lucy GuoComputer Science & Human-Computer InteractionsFounded Passes +1Guillaume LampleMaster's degreeFounded Mistral AIJoshua XuMaster's degreeFounded HeyGenJonathan RothbergBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Raindance Technologies +4Andrew NgBachelor of Science - BSFounded Factored +3
+ 474 more
Apple mafia306
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Steve JurvetsonProduct MarketingFounded Future Ventures +1Kai-Fu LeeVice president (last job)Founded 01Brian ActonHardware Test EngineerFounded WHATS APP +1IanUser Experience and EngineeringFounded Apex Technology +3Jon LernerSoftware Engineer (Intern)Founded Textnow +2Brian BrackeenSr. Project ManagerFounded Lightship +1
+ 299 more
Rutgers University mafia100
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Douglas CarneyBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Verficopro +2Jeffrey StaubDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)Founded Solis Agrosciences +2Ryan BednarBSFounded RankScience +1Harsh YadavMaster of ScienceFounded Ryse +1Alex RamírezCouseraFounded Vendease +1Chris PentoBachelor of Science (BS)Founded Clear Street +1
+ 93 more
Same school
Also attended Carnegie Mellon University732
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 726 more
Also attended Rutgers University307
Jigar RaythathaInvestor at Third Rock VenturesRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmGanesh PersadVice President & Chief Information Officer at Flare Capital PartnersBill DeJianneSales Manager (Eastern U.S.) at Needham FundsMark FieldsInvestor at Alsop Louie Partners
+ 301 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Tarek MansourCo-founder & CEO of KalshiSuhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleSubomi OluwalanaCo-founder & CEO of ConvoyArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesCollin WallaceGeneral Partner at Lobby CapitalVictor SantosVictor Scout at One Way Ventures
+ 1,994 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
+ 1,994 more
Also worked at Apple787
Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalDaniel GrossMeta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe SuperintelligenceSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AISteve WozniakCo-founder of AppleBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal Foundation
+ 781 more
Also worked at DeepMind104
Demis HassabisCo-founder & CEO of Google DeepMindMustafa SuleymanCo-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI; CEO of Microsoft AIAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIArthur MenschCo-founder & CEO of Mistral AIGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyJeff RoseAdvisor at AI Capital
+ 98 more
