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Peter Vajda

Founder

Founder at PerfectBit, Inc.

Stanford, California, United States

FoundedPerfectBit, Inc. · YC

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Paul KwanunlockedPeter: together at Stanford University (2012–2014)
×9Peter: together at Stanford University
×2Peter: together at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)

About

Peter Vajda spent 11 years at Meta as Director of Media Generation, overseeing foundation model research and development across text-to-image, image editing, video generation, and on-device computer vision systems. He also held an Assistant Professor position at Stanford University.

Founder at PerfectBit, Inc.YC X26

Intro paths

YC

Peter went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator — the partner who ran PerfectBit, Inc.'s batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Peter can intro founders to PerfectBit, Inc.'s investors below.

PerfectBit, Inc.'s investors · 3

Imagination CapitalNew York · $100K – $150K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026ZAKA VCSan Francisco

Co-founders at PerfectBit, Inc.

SYSeiji Yamamoto
Seiji YamamotoFounder

Experience

  1. PerfectBitCo-Founder and Co-CEOcurrent2026 — present
  2. MetaDirector of media generation, Meta SuperIntelligence Lab2014 — 2025Menlo Park, California, United States
  3. Caarbon Corp.Cofounder2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Stanford UniversityVisiting Assistant Professor2012 — 2014Stanford
  5. Max Planck Institute for InformaticsJunior research group leader2012 — 2014
  6. ELCA Informatique SA / ELCA Informatik AGConsultant2012Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Skills & more

Machine Learning38Computer Vision32Algorithms32Pattern Recognition18Computer Science14Image Processing11Signal Processing5Programming10Mathematical Modeling4Statistics3Information Retrieval3Natural Language Processing3
+12 moreOptimizationSoftware EngineeringEvolutionary ComputationMultimediaVideo AnalyticsApplied MathematicsDistributed SystemsTheoretical Computer ScienceMatlabLaTeXPythonR

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Peter Vajda?
Peter Vajda spent 11 years at Meta as Director of Media Generation, overseeing foundation model research and development across text-to-image, image editing, video generation, and on-device computer vision systems. He also held an Assistant Professor position at Stanford University.
Where does Peter Vajda work?
Peter Vajda is Founder of PerfectBit, Inc..
What companies did Peter Vajda found?
Peter Vajda founded PerfectBit, Inc..
Where did Peter Vajda go to school?
Peter Vajda studied at EPFL (PhD, Computer Science); Eötvös Loránd University (M.Sc., Program Designer Mathematician); Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) (M.Sc., Computer science).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Caarbon Corp.1

Brett LeveInvestor at Summit Action