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Ashish Vaswani

Ashish Vaswani

Co-Founder and CEO / Essential AI

Ashish Vaswani is a prominent computer scientist and co-author of the seminal 2017 paper "Attention Is All You Need," which introduced the Transformer architecture that is fundamental to modern generative AI systems like ChatGPT. He is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of Essential AI, following his role as Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Adept AI Labs. Previously, he was a Staff Research Scientist at Google Brain.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Southern California
United States
TwitterTwitter28.5K
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34.1K
LinkedIn Followers
28.5K
Twitter Followers
>100K
"Attention Is All You Need" Citations
5.5
Years at Google Brain
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Career

Essential AI
Essential AI

Co-Founder and CEO

Dec 2022 - Present
Responsibilities
Pushing the frontier of human machine partnership
Adept AI Labs
Adept AI Labs

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist

Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
Position
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Google Brain
Google Brain

Staff Research Scientist

Jul 2016 - Nov 2021
Responsibilities
At Google Brain
Information Sciences Institute
Information Sciences Institute

Computer Scientist

Jul 2014 - Jun 2016
Position
Computer Scientist
University of Southern California
University of Southern California

Graduate Research Assistant

May 2008 - May 2014
Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Google
Google

Summer Research Intern

May 2013 - Aug 2013
Position
Summer Research Intern
IBM
IBM

Summer Research Intern

May 2011 - Aug 2011
Position
Summer Research Intern

Education

University of Southern California
University of Southern California

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

2006 - 2014
Field of Study
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Computer Science
University of Southern California
University of Southern California

Master's degree

2004 - 2006
Field of Study
Master's degree - Computer Science
BIT Mesra Student-Industry Relations Cell
BIT Mesra Student-Industry Relations Cell

Bachelor's degree

1998 - 2002
Field of Study
Bachelor's degree - Computer Science and Engineering

Skills

Core technical and professional competencies in AI research, entrepreneurship, and system development.

Technical Expertise
Transformer ArchitectureNatural Language Processing (NLP)Machine Learning (ML)Deep LearningAlgorithms
Leadership & Business
Startup LeadershipStrategic PlanningProduct VisionTeam BuildingResearch Management

Domains

Primary Focus

Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Secondary Areas

Deep Tech, Computer Science Research, Entrepreneurship, Software Development

Tags

Personality

Visionary, Foundational, Pioneering, Data-Driven, Academic-Entrepreneur

Focus

Open Science, Human-Machine Partnership, AI Safety, Future of Work

Audience Metrics

Gender

Male 65.7%, Female 34.3%

Age Distribution

25-34 (64.5%), 35-54 (17.8%), 18-24 (12.4%)

Top Countries

US (13.1%), BR (11.7%), IR (8.6%), IN (7.0%)

Top Cities

Tehran (2.7%), Baghdad (2.2%), New York (1.5%)

Social Metrics

Instagram

428 followers

YouTube

subscribers

Twitter/X

28.5K followers

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