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Ves Stoyanov

Founder

Founder at Lightfield

Menlo Park, California, United States

FoundedLightfield

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1,370 people in our graph share verified history with Ves — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Seth RosenbergunlockedVes: together at Lightfield (2025–2026)
×2Ves: together at Tome
×3Ves: together at Johns Hopkins University
×5Ves: together at Facebook

Founder at Lightfield

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Lightfield's investors · 7

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2026AudaciousSan FranciscoCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2021Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksWingPalo Alto · $200K – $20M checksWorklife VenturesWalnut · $500K – $2M checks

Co-founders at Lightfield

KP
Keith PeirisCEO & Co-Founder
HL
Henri LirianiPresident & Co-Founder

Experience

  1. LightfieldCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. LightfieldHead of Artificial Intelligence2025San Francisco, California, United States
  3. MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence)Adjunct Professorcurrent2023 — presentAbu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
  4. TomeHead of Artificial Intelligence2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  5. FacebookApplied Research Manager2018 — 2022Menlo Park, CA
  6. FacebookResearch Scientist, Applied Machine Learning (AML)2016 — 2018Menlo Park, CA
  7. FacebookResearch Scientist, Search NLP2013 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
  8. Johns Hopkins UniversityAssistant Research Scientist2009 — 2012Baltimore, Maryland Area
  9. Cornell UniversityPhD candidate2002 — 2009
  10. Jodange Inc.Senior Software Developer2007 — 2009
  11. Morgan StanleyApplication Developer2001 — 2002

Skills & more

Start-up LeadershipPyTorchManagementC++Python (Programming Language)Deep LearningResearchMachine Learning22Artificial Intelligence18Natural Language Processing25Cognitive SciencePsychology
+8 moreComputer ScienceAlgorithmsPythonPerlData MiningComputational LinguisticsLaTeXInformation Extraction

Languages Bulgarian · Japanese · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ves Stoyanov?
Founder at Lightfield
Where does Ves Stoyanov work?
Ves Stoyanov is Founder of Lightfield.
What companies did Ves Stoyanov found?
Ves Stoyanov founded Lightfield.
Where did Ves Stoyanov go to school?
Ves Stoyanov studied at Cornell University (PhD, Computer Science); Cornell University (Master of Science, Computer Science); University of Delaware (B.Sc., Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Tome mafia2

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