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Taylor Soper

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Director of Community and Programming at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator

Seattle, Washington, United States

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Paul JennyunlockedTaylor: together at The Daily at the University of Washington (2008–2016)
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Taylor: together at The Daily at the University of Washington
Taylor: together at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator

About

Taylor Soper conducts AI research at Meta and previously served as a Director on the Science team at Wayve and as Senior Director of Computer Vision at the Allen Institute for AI, with research spanning computer vision, natural language processing, and robotics. Earlier roles included five years at Microsoft Bing building machine learning systems for image and video search relevance. Soper holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, advised by Larry S. Davis, and is an Affiliate Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.

Experience

  1. AI HouseDirector of Community and Programmingcurrent2026 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. GeekWireEditor2024 — 2026Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. GeekWireTechnology Reporter2012 — 2026Greater Seattle Area
  4. GeekWireManaging Editor2019 — 2024Greater Seattle Area
  5. University of Washington, Board of Student PublicationsBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  6. The Seattle TimesSports News Assistant2012Seattle, WA
  7. The Daily at the UWSocial Media Producer2012Greater Seattle Area
  8. Banyan BranchFreelancer2012Greater Seattle Area
  9. The Daily at the University of WashingtonSports Multimedia Producer2011 — 2012Seattle, WA
  10. The Daily of the University of WashingtonDevelopment Editor2011 — 2012Seattle, WA
  11. Major League BaseballAssociate Reporter, Seattle Mariners2011Greater Seattle Area
  12. The Daily at the University of WashingtonSports Editor2010 — 2011
  13. Sherwin WilliamsSales Associate2010Seattle, WA
  14. Portland TimbersAdministration / Ticket Operations Intern2009Portland, OR

Skills & more

Content EditingNewsroom ManagementMultimedia Journalism9Leadership and Management3Writing11Editing31Sports12Stories4Journalism55Social Media55Deadline Writing2Digital Marketing4
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Colleagues at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator

Andy Lai
Product & Design Lead at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Ani Kembhavi
Venture Partner at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Anne Labordo
Operations Team at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Arthur Maloy
CFO at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Audrey Yun
Community and Programming Manager at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Ben Golden
General Counsel at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Bryan Hale
Managing Director at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator
Cassie Pless
Venture Partner at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator

Frequently asked questions

Who is Taylor Soper?
Taylor Soper conducts AI research at Meta and previously served as a Director on the Science team at Wayve and as Senior Director of Computer Vision at the Allen Institute for AI, with research spanning computer vision, natural language processing, and robotics. Earlier roles included five years at Microsoft Bing building machine learning systems for image and video search relevance. Soper holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, advised by Larry S. Davis, and is an Affiliate Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.
Where does Taylor Soper work?
Taylor Soper is Director of Community and Programming at Allen Institute for AI (AI2) Incubator.
Where did Taylor Soper go to school?
Taylor Soper studied at University of Washington (Executive Development Program, Business Administration and Management); University of Washington (Bachelor, Business); UW Foster School of Business (B.A., Business Administration).

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Also worked at The Daily at the University of Washington167

Mike FridgenVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupSid ShenaiVenture partner at Madrona and co-founder and CEO of Proof DiagnosticsPaul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTechJason PrestonInvestor at Alsop Louie PartnersLuke RigganAssociate at Amplify PartnersRebekka CoakleyMarketing & Communications Manager at The Innovation Space

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