About
Raullen Chai is the co-founder and CEO of MachineFi Labs, which develops Trio, a multimodal AI model designed to process video, audio, and sensor data for physical operations. The company is backed by Samsung, Goodwater, and Hanwha, with a team including former employees of Google, Meta, Uber, Intel, and Bosch. Chai previously co-founded IoTeX in 2017, served as Head of Security at Uber, led a $50M ARR infrastructure product at Google Cloud, and holds a PhD in cryptography from the University of Waterloo.
Experience
- MachineFi LabCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2021 — present
- IoTeX: A Decentralized Network for Internet of ThingsCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2017 — presentUnited States
- Industrial Internet ConsortiumMember Indutrial Distributed Ledger Task Group2019 — 2022
- UberLead of Crypto R&D and Engineering Security2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSenior Software Engineer / Tech Lead2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- OracleMember of Technical Staff2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- University of WaterlooResearch Fellow2012Ontario, Canada
Skills & more
Python36C++31Java14Eclipse9C8Embedded Systems8Matlab5MySQL3Git3LaTeX3Android2Docker
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blockchainAlgorithmsMachine LearningSoftware DevelopmentCryptographyTCP/IPText AnalyticsSecurityTornadoGoCassandraRedisFrom Raullen's professional profile.
Colleagues at IOSG Ventures
Darko Bosnjak
Data Scientist at IOSG Ventures
Dawn Song
Advisor; Founder & CEO Oasis Labs at IOSG Ventures
Deniz Omer
Venture Partner at IOSG Ventures
Dong Mo
Venture Partner at IOSG Ventures
Frank Fu
Investment Advisor at IOSG Ventures
Gökhan Er
Managing Director at IOSG Ventures
Ishanee Nagpurkar
Principal at IOSG Ventures
Jiaping Wang
Venture Partner at IOSG Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Raullen Chai?
- Raullen Chai is the co-founder and CEO of MachineFi Labs, which develops Trio, a multimodal AI model designed to process video, audio, and sensor data for physical operations. The company is backed by Samsung, Goodwater, and Hanwha, with a team including former employees of Google, Meta, Uber, Intel, and Bosch. Chai previously co-founded IoTeX in 2017, served as Head of Security at Uber, led a $50M ARR infrastructure product at Google Cloud, and holds a PhD in cryptography from the University of Waterloo.
- Where does Raullen Chai work?
- Raullen Chai is Advisor; Founder IoTeX at IOSG Ventures.
- Where did Raullen Chai go to school?
- Raullen Chai studied at University of Waterloo (Ph.D, Electrical & Computer Engineering).
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