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Ali GhodsiAli Ghodsi

Ali Ghodsi

CEO and Co-founder / Databricks / Adjunct Professor / UC Berkeley

Ali Ghodsi is the CEO and Co-founder of Databricks, a leading data and AI company that he has helped grow into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. He is a prominent voice in the AI industry, known for his controversial assertion that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has already been achieved. Ghodsi is also an Adjunct Professor at UC Berkeley, bringing a strong academic background in computer science and distributed systems to his entrepreneurial endeavors.

PhD, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
United States
TwitterTwitter18.0K
InstagramInstagram158
LinkedInLinkedIn148.9K
Information TechnologyEntrepreneurshipFinance
$100B+
Company Valuation
149K
LinkedIn Followers
8+ years
Years as CEO
2
Companies Co-founded
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Work Experience

DatabricksDatabricks
Databricks

CEO and Co-founder

Jan 2016 - Present
Position
CEO and Co-founder
DatabricksDatabricks
Databricks

VP of Engineering & Product Management, Co-founder

Jul 2013 - Dec 2015
Position
VP of Engineering & Product Management, Co-founder
U
UC Berkeley

Adjunct Professor

Jul 2015 - Present
Position
Adjunct Professor
U
UC Berkeley

Visiting Scholar

Jun 2009 - Jun 2015
Responsibilities
RAD lab and AMP lab
Royal Institute of TechnologyRoyal Institute of Technology
Royal Institute of Technology

Assistant Professor

Aug 2008 - Jul 2013
Position
Assistant Professor
KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyKTH Royal Institute of Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Associate Professor (Swedish Docent and Lektor)

2013 - 2013
Position
Associate Professor (Swedish Docent and Lektor)
Peerialism ABPeerialism AB
Peerialism AB

Co-founder and adviser

2006 - 2011
Position
Co-founder and adviser
Swedish Institute of Computer ScienceSwedish Institute of Computer Science
Swedish Institute of Computer Science

Senior Researcher

Jan 2007 - Jun 2009
Position
Senior Researcher

Education

KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyKTH Royal Institute of Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

PhD

2002 - 2006
Field of Study
PhD - Computer Science
Mid Sweden UniversityMid Sweden University
Mid Sweden University

M.B.A

1997 - 2002
Field of Study
M.B.A - Logistics and Strategic Marketing
Mid Sweden UniversityMid Sweden University
Mid Sweden University

MSc

1997 - 2002
Field of Study
MSc - Computer Engineering
University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley

Post-doc

Field of Study
Post-doc - Computer Science

Skills

Distributed Systems

Expertise in designing and managing fault-tolerant, large-scale computing systems.

Algorithms

Deep knowledge in computational procedures for problem-solving, a core part of scalable data platforms.

Big Data

Specialist in the infrastructure, tools, and methodologies required to process vast quantities of structured and unstructured data.

Product Management

Driving the product lifecycle from conceptualization to launch and market success in the enterprise software space.

Platform Stats

Twitter Followers

18.0K

Instagram Followers

158

LinkedIn Followers

149K

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