Bio

CEO at Streamlit the fastest way to build data apps tools and the #1 trending repo on GitHub just three days after its launch. Previously, founder of Foldit and Eterna, prominent crowdsourcing projects which enlisted millions of gamers to solve real scientific challenges. Google X AI project leader. VP of simulation for autonomous vehicles at Zoox (acquired by Amazon). Two documentaries about my work: * “What Will the Future Be Like” by PBS/NOVA * ''Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World'' by Werner Herzog (which also profiled Sebastian Thrun, and Elon Musk) Other Press: * Tech Crunch: https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/02/snowflake-acquires-streamlit-for-800m-to-help-customers-build-data-based-apps/ * Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/top-big-data-startups-venture-capitalists-2020-7 * Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/former-google-x-employee-21-million-startup-streamlit-2020-6 * TechCrunch : https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/01/streamlit-launches-open-source-machine-learning-application-development-framework/ * PBS/NOVA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTlNNFQxs_A (Winner of the 2013 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for Spot News/Feature Reporting) * Wired : http://www.wired.com/2012/07/ff_rnagame/ * The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/science/11rna.html * The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/11326188