Co-Founder and Co-CEO / AI21 Labs / Professor Emeritus / Stanford University
Yoav Shoham is a distinguished computer scientist, professor emeritus at Stanford University, and a leading figure in artificial intelligence, logic, and game theory. He is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AI21 Labs, an Israeli AI startup known for its large language models. Shoham has a strong entrepreneurial background, having co-founded and served as chairman for several companies acquired by Google, including Timeful and Katango, and previously worked as a Principal Scientist at Google.
Co-Founder
Professor Emeritus
Founding chair of the Steering Committee

Co-Founder and Chairman
Principal Scientist
Co-Founder and Chairman
Co-Founder and Chairman
Founder and Chairman
PhD
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Yoav Shoham is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AI21 Labs, a Professor Emeritus at Stanford, and a serial entrepreneur with three company acquisitions.
He has founded 4 companies, 3 of which were acquired by major tech firms, including TradingDynamics, Katango, and Timeful.
Yes, he is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he has been affiliated since 1987.
He served as a Principal Scientist at Google for six years, from 2011 until 2017.
Yes, he was involved with the AI Index project for three years, from 2017 to 2020.
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Large Language Models
Computer Science, Academic Research, Technology Startups
Visionary, Pioneer, Academic, Entrepreneurial, Data-Driven
AI Innovation, Game Theory, Education, Social Impact
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