John Guibas
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I'm currently the co-founder and CTO of Succinct, where I build open-source cryptography software that helps secure billions of dollars on the internet.
I've been obsessed with computers since I was a kid. In high school I got into deep learning, published at NeurIPS, and was part of the first batch of AI Grant. As an undergrad at Stanford, I worked on ML systems at the DAWN Lab, then spent time at NVIDIA Research training foundation models. I dropped out my senior year to become a Thiel Fellow.
I'm always looking to meet interesting people. If that's you, feel free to reach out.
Fun Facts
- I originally wanted to pursue a PhD and a career in academia, and published research at NeurIPS, ICLR, VLDB, and SIGMOD before dropping out of college. Somehow, my Erdos Number is 3. You can view all my publications on my Google Scholar.
- Growing up, I spent an unhealthy amount of time playing League of Legends competitively. I peaked at Diamond III (top 0.2% of players).
- I can watch anime without subtitles. Some of my favorites are Hunter x Hunter, Odd Taxi, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and Ousama Ranking.
- I had a previous life as a classically trained violinist. I still love listening to classical music. Some of my favorite pieces include Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 14 and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35.