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About
Pawel Garbacki is Co-Founder and Researcher at Fireworks AI, where he works on generative AI models. His work covers model architecture research, fine-tuning, alignment, multi-modality, long context support, and inference optimizations. He previously worked at Meta and Google.
Founder at Fireworks ai
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Fireworks ai's investors · 12
Artisanal VenturesTiburonBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2025Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksNVIDIASanta ClaraOperator CollectivePalo Alto · $500K – $1.5M checksPrysm CapitalSan FranciscoSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2022TCVMenlo Park · $10M – $500M checksUpfront VenturesLos Angeles · $1M – $10M checks
Co-founders at Fireworks ai
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Dmytro DzhulgakovFounder
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Benny Yufei ChenFounder
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Chenyu ZhaoFounder
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Dmytro IvchenkoFounder
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James ReedFounder
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Lin QiaoFounder
Experience
- Fireworks AICo-Founder, Researchercurrent2022 — presentRedwood City, California, United States
- FacebookPrincipal Engineer2016 — 2022Menlo Park, California
- PinterestSoftware Engineer / Team Lead2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleStaff Software Engineer / Technical Lead2008 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- Google Inc.Intern2007Zurich, Switzerland
- IBM T J Watson Research LabResearch Co-op2006Yorktown Heights, New York
- IBM T J Watson Research LabResearch Co-op2005Yorktown Heights, New York
Skills & more
Python14Java8Linux5C5Open Source3C++4Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Generative AI1Distributed Systems42Scalability23Computer Science26Algorithms21
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Software EngineeringCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentSoftware DesignMachine LearningData MiningOOPWeb ServicesWeb ApplicationsMonetizationGoOnline AdvertisingLanguages English · Polish
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- Who is Pawel Garbacki?
- Pawel Garbacki is Co-Founder and Researcher at Fireworks AI, where he works on generative AI models. His work covers model architecture research, fine-tuning, alignment, multi-modality, long context support, and inference optimizations. He previously worked at Meta and Google.
- Where does Pawel Garbacki work?
- Pawel Garbacki is Founder of Fireworks ai.
- What companies did Pawel Garbacki found?
- Pawel Garbacki founded Fireworks ai.
- Where did Pawel Garbacki go to school?
- Pawel Garbacki studied at University of Warsaw (BSc, Mathematics); University of Warsaw (MSc, Computer Science); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (MSc, Computer Science).
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) mafia33
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University of Warsaw mafia22
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Przemek KowalczykBachelor of Science - BSFounded Ramp Network +1Szymon SypniewiczStudia MagisterskieFounded Ramp Network +1Michal KlarEconomicsFounded OLX GroupMaciej SzcześnikBScFounded Vinci GamesTien ChuGraduate studiesFounded LATOKarol HausmanBachelor's degreeFounded Physical Intelligence
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Sonya HuangPartner at Sequoia CapitalSahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesMark XuInvestor at Index VenturesMorgan GerlakPartner at TCVEric VishriaGeneral Partner at BenchmarkAnoushka VaswaniPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashStanley TangCo-founder of DoorDash
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Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersBen SilbermannCo-founder of PinterestSomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesKevin NiechenInvestment Team at 8VCAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
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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
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