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About
Vivek Farias is the Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor at MIT, where his research covers reinforcement learning, inference, approximation algorithms, and dynamic optimization, with applications to commerce platforms and biology. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2007. He co-founded and served as CTO of Celect (acquired by Nike) and Cimulate (acquired by Salesforce), contributed technology at Seer, and is currently Head of Science for Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
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AI & Machine Learning
Founder at Cimulate
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John AndrewsFounder
Colleagues at Pillar VC
Alec Nielsen
Founder & CEO, Asimov & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
Alex Reinhart
Associate at Pillar VC
Alex Ting
Director of Events & Operations at Pillar VC
Andras Forgacs
Co-Founder & Board Director, Modern Meadow, Fork & Goode, Organovo & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Andrea Coravos
Co-founder/CEO, HumanFirst & Venture Partner at Pillar VC
Andy Beck
CEO, PathAI & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Ash Ashutosh
CEO, Actifio & Founding Pillar at Pillar VC
Ash Ashutosh
Executive Advisory Board at NYU Innovation Venture Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vivek Farias?
- Vivek Farias is the Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor at MIT, where his research covers reinforcement learning, inference, approximation algorithms, and dynamic optimization, with applications to commerce platforms and biology. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2007. He co-founded and served as CTO of Celect (acquired by Nike) and Cimulate (acquired by Salesforce), contributed technology at Seer, and is currently Head of Science for Salesforce Commerce Cloud.
- Where does Vivek Farias work?
- Vivek Farias is Founder of Cimulate and Co-founder, Cimulate & Academic Partner at Pillar VC.
- What does Vivek Farias invest in?
- Vivek Farias invests in AI & Machine Learning.
- What companies did Vivek Farias found?
- Vivek Farias founded Cimulate.