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About Nick Frosst
Nick Frosst is a Canadian AI entrepreneur and researcher, best known as the co-founder of Cohere, an enterprise-focused foundational model company. Prior to Cohere, he worked as a Research Software Engineer on Geoffrey Hinton's Google Brain team. He is also a musician and the lead singer for the indie rock band Good Kid.
Career
co:founder
co:founder
RSWE - Google Brain
I work on neural network research on Geoffrey Hinton's Toronto Brain Team.
Teaching Assistant
My work has a teaching assistant has been both educational and rewarding. I am assisting with an introductory class for students with no prior math or computer knowledge. This has provided me with a unique opportunity to explain and explore ideas to people who have never thought about them before. To make matters even more interesting, the class is being taught in Racket! I also TA a second year computational theory course.

Researcher
I work on visual saliency prediction algorithms, focusing on benchmarking and optimization. Vision science is a relatively new field for me, but i am thoroughly enjoying it thus far.
Machine Learning Intern
At Google I worked on the machine learning team. I was responsible for switching the
team's main ML model from Boosting Trees to Neural Networks. This required working extensively
with Google Brain and customizing it for our use case. Google Brain is an incredibly powerful neural
network package and it was an incredible experience to work with and contribute to it.
SDE Intern
I work on S3, a cloud storage service provided by AWS. The most enjoyable aspect of the work is the sheer scale at which amazon functions. S3 is a behemoth and it is thoroughly enjoyable to try to tame it..

Bartender, Waiter, and Board Game Instructor
My work at Snakes and Lattes, a board game cafe, is motivated by my love of board games, beer, coffee, and meeting people. Although it is removed from computer science it has been a very enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Freelance Consultant
I did a variety of consulting for Lavasoft, including work on the integration of a project with some existing open source software, and work on improving the corporate image of the company.
CLI Developer
Over the course of the two summer terms during which I worked at Alcatel-Lucent, I was predominantly focused on writing perl tools that generate C code during the build process in order to eliminate the need for legacy code and to automate some of the work of the designers. I also worked on integrating this tool with and speeding up the build process using Make.
Education
Bachelor's of Science
Bachelor's of Science - Double Majoring in Computer Science and Cognitive Science
Skills
Core technical and professional competencies inferred from his work at Cohere and Google Brain.
Machine Learning
Neural Networks
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Computer Vision
Algorithms
C++
Python
Perl
Startup Leadership
Team Management
Strategic Planning
Product Vision
Public Speaking
Business Development
Software Engineering
System Design
Cloud Computing (AWS S3)
Programming
Integration
Makefile
Linux
Domains
Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, Enterprise Software
Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Music Industry
Tags
AI Pioneer, Entrepreneurial, Technical Leader, Researcher
Musician, Collaborative, Educator, Data-Driven
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Frequently Asked Questions about Nick Frosst
Five verifiable facts about Nick Frosst, focusing on his role as a founder, his AI research background, and his unique connection to the music industry.
When did Nick Frosst co-found Cohere?
What was Nick Frosst's role at Google?
Before co-founding Cohere, Nick Frosst worked as a Research Software Engineer on Geoffrey Hinton's Google Brain team from February 2016 to January 2020.
Is Nick Frosst the lead singer of Good Kid?
Yes, Nick Frosst is the lead singer for the indie rock band Good Kid.
How many followers does Nick Frosst have on Twitter?
Nick Frosst's professional social media presence includes 16.2K followers on Twitter/X and 3.8K followers on LinkedIn.
Where did Nick Frosst study before Google?
Nick Frosst attended the University of Toronto from January 2014 to January 2016.



