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Assaf ArakiunlockedZhen: together at Runpod (2023–2026)
×4Zhen: together at Runpod
×7Zhen: together at Comcast
About
Zhen Lu is the co-founder and CEO of Runpod, an AI cloud infrastructure platform used by developers to train, deploy, and scale AI systems. The company offers on-demand GPU pods, multi-node GPU clusters, and serverless endpoints, and reports use by over 1,000,000 developers at companies including Perplexity, Cursor, Hugging Face, and Replit.
Founder at Runpod
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Co-founders at Runpod
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Pardeep SinghExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- RunpodCo-founder & CEOcurrent2022 — presentEarth
- ComcastSoftware Engineering Manager2021 — 2022
- ComcastSoftware Engineer 42020 — 2021
- ComcastSoftware Engineer 32017 — 2020
- University of PittsburghAssistant Professor2015 — 2017
Skills & more
Mentoring3Leadership3Wear Hats2JavaScript6React.js6Continuous Integration1Node.js2Databases1Docker1GraphQL1Teaching1MongoDB1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zhen Lu?
- Zhen Lu is the co-founder and CEO of Runpod, an AI cloud infrastructure platform used by developers to train, deploy, and scale AI systems. The company offers on-demand GPU pods, multi-node GPU clusters, and serverless endpoints, and reports use by over 1,000,000 developers at companies including Perplexity, Cursor, Hugging Face, and Replit.
- Where does Zhen Lu work?
- Zhen Lu is Founder of Runpod.
- What companies did Zhen Lu found?
- Zhen Lu founded Runpod.
- Where did Zhen Lu go to school?
- Zhen Lu studied at Temple University (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Chemistry); University of Pittsburgh (Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry).
Founder mafias
University of Pittsburgh mafia81
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Gatumi AliyuBachelor of Science - BSFounded Stack Diagnostics +2Josh AlbrechtBS and MSFounded Joshalbrecht +1Younghyun ChungDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Corca +1Santiago MunnePhDFounded Recombine +1John FoxMaster of Business Administration, Master of Business AdministrationFounded Electratherm +1Dave ColaizziBAFounded Signature Diagnostics +1
Temple University mafia42
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Temple University93
RoseAnn RosenthalManaging Director, First Fund at The Innovation SpaceMichael OravitzCFO at BA CapitalKristy DelMutoVice President, Marketing at Mainsail PartnersNick GillespieInvestor at JLSSal DeTraneManaging Partner at Empactful CapitalSteve BermanPartner & CFO at The Argentum Group
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Also attended University of Pittsburgh180
Yervand SarkisyanInvestor in deep tech and AIJon KaplanExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital PartnersSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures LlcJustin MaresBuilding companies at the intersection of health and technology.Kelly BarnumDirector Of Talent at Volition CapitalMatt GurinDirector, Finance and Operations at RRE Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Runpod5
Also worked at Comcast79
Ryan KingCo-founder of ChimeWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesBrian BrackeenGeneral Partner at Lightship CapitalLee JacobsEntrepreneur, investor, and cofounder of EdelweissTodd WallachEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation SpaceDaniel MurrayVenture Partner at Calibrate Ventures
+ 73 more
Also worked at University of Pittsburgh72
Matt GurinDirector, Finance and Operations at RRE VenturesRyan FrisbiePartner at VIEWPOINT VENTURESVibhu MittalGen AI at SenseAI VenturesStacie McCarthyExecutive Assistant at Standard CryptoJason RobinsSpecial Advisor at Data Point CapitalAshok SrinivasanChief Science Advisor at AIF
+ 66 more