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Vijay Krishnan

Unicorn founder

Founder at Turing · Former Entrepreneur In Residence at Foundation Capital

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedTuring$2.2B

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Vijay Krishnan is the Founder and CTO of Turing.com, a company founded in 2018 that provides expert human data services to foundation model companies and AI solutions to enterprises, and which reached unicorn status in 2021. He previously founded and served as CTO of Rover, which was acquired by Revcontent, where he then held the role of SVP of Data Science. His background includes 20 years of work applying machine learning to problems such as text categorization, personalized search, content recommendations, and ad targeting, along with authored papers in machine learning and related fields; he studied computer science at IIT Bombay and Stanford University.

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500 GlobalPalo Alto · $150K checks · since 2018Altaclub VC$200K checksAltaIR CapitalHerzliya · since 2025Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checksAmino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Angel Collective Opportunity FundSan FranciscoArray Ventures Management LlcSan Francisco · $1.5M checks · since 2020AVVHo Chi Minh City · $250K – $2M checks · since 2018Brainstorm VenturesSan FranciscoCanvas VenturesPortola Valley · $5M – $20M checks · since 2020CapitalXLynnwood · $250K checksCatchLight Capital PartnersMenlo Park · since 2020Chapter OneLos Angeles · $5K – $200K checksDuro VenturesLynnwoodDVCRotterdamf7 VenturesTiburon · $10K – $5M checks · since 2020Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksFortius VenturesOrinda · since 2025Foundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checks · since 2020Frontier Venture CapitalBoulder · $50K – $500K checks · since 2020Frontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksGaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2025Global BrainTokyo · $100K checksIdeas y CapitalMexico City · $250K – $3M checks · since 2020Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksK20 FundValley Stream · $100K – $2.5M checksLombardstreet VenturesWoodside · $500K checksMenlo VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $20M checksMindset VentureSan Francisco · $500K – $3M checks · since 2020MVP VenturesChicago · since 2025Pacific Community VenturesSan Francisco · since 2020Peak State VenturesNew York · $100K – $15M checks · since 2020Plug and Play VenturesSilicon Valley · $50K – $400K checksPROOFArlingtonSozo VenturesRedwood City · since 2025Stepstone GroupCharlotte · since 2021Stonewater VenturesUnchained Capital, Inc.Austin · since 2020UpHonest CapitalSilicon Valley · $50K – $1M checks · since 2025Verb VenturesLuxembourg · $550K – $1.6M checksVisary CapitalSyossetWestBridge CapitalLondon · $12.7M – $50.8M checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Turing

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Siddharth Jonathan Jeyapandian BalasekarExecutive Officer, Director
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Issei YamamotoFounder
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Issei Yamamoto Shunsuke AokiFounder
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Shunsuke AokiFounder

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Who is Vijay Krishnan?
Vijay Krishnan is the Founder and CTO of Turing.com, a company founded in 2018 that provides expert human data services to foundation model companies and AI solutions to enterprises, and which reached unicorn status in 2021. He previously founded and served as CTO of Rover, which was acquired by Revcontent, where he then held the role of SVP of Data Science. His background includes 20 years of work applying machine learning to problems such as text categorization, personalized search, content recommendations, and ad targeting, along with authored papers in machine learning and related fields; he studied computer science at IIT Bombay and Stanford University.
Where does Vijay Krishnan work?
Vijay Krishnan is Founder of Turing.
What companies did Vijay Krishnan found?
Vijay Krishnan founded Turing.

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