Kanjun Qiu is the co-founder and CEO of Imbue, an AI research lab.[1][2] Imbue has raised $200M from companies like Nvidia to fund the development of "custom AI agents capable of reasoning".[3][4]

Previously, Kanjun was the co-founder and CEO of Sourceress, a machine learning recruiting startup based in San Francisco.[5][6][7]

Before Sourceress, Kanjun served as the first chief of staff at Dropbox as the company scaled from 200 to 1200 people.[8] Kanjun is a Sequoia Capital Scout[9] and the co-author of Sew Electric, a book that uses sewing to teach computer science to middle and high school students.[10][11]

On December 3, 2019, Kanjun was recognized as the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Featured Honoree in Enterprise Technology.[12][13][14][15] Kanjun studied computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, worked as a graduate researcher at the MIT Media Lab[16] and paid her way by writing high-frequency trading algorithms to trade the stock market.[17]

Kanjun has spoken extensively on the importance of using hiring strategies that promote diversity in technology.[18][19][20]

Personal life

Kanjun founded The Archive, a long-term coliving house near Dolores Park in San Francisco.[21] In October 2018, Kanjun and her fellow roommates appeared on Megyn Kelly Today to explain the inspiration behind the house.[22][23][24]

References

  1. ↑ "generally intelligent". Generally Intelligent.
  2. ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (2022-10-20). "Generally Intelligent secures cash from OpenAI vets to build capable AI systems". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. ↑ "AI Startup Imbue Tops $1 Billion Valuation After Funding from Nvidia". Bloomberg.com. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Imbue raises $200 million at over $1 billion valuation in AI funding boost". Reuters. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ↑ "Kanjun Qiu". Forbes.
  6. ↑ "About Sourceress". Sourceress. Archived from the original on 2019-04-04.
  7. ↑ Metz, Cade (2 July 2017). "The South Park Commons Fills a Hole in the Tech Landscape". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ "Kanjun Qiu". Wellfound.
  9. ↑ "Kanjun Qiu, Sequoia Capital Scout, Sequoia Capital". www.topionetworks.com.
  10. ↑ "ABOUT". sewelectric.org.
  11. ↑ "Kanjun Qiu". www.amazon.in.
  12. ↑ "Sourceress' Kanjun Qiu is Helping Companies Make Smarter Recruiting Choices with AI". Forbes. 2019-12-03.
  13. ↑ D'Onfro, Jillian; Sternlicht, Alexandra (2019-12-03). "The 2020 Under 30 In Enterprise Tech: Meet The Honorees Shaking Up The Way We Work". Forbes.
  14. ↑ "30 Under 30 2020: Enterprise Technology". Forbes.
  15. ↑ "Bill Gates' 2019 Best Books List and the Biggest Food Trends of 2020 | Today's Top 12 Stories". Forbes. 2019-12-11.
  16. ↑ "Kanjun Qiu". 28 October 2007.
  17. ↑ "Kanjun Qiu". Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  18. ↑ "Building a Diverse Team with the Help of Recruiting Automation".
  19. ↑ "TIMtalks Capture Student Experiences". 25 May 2012.
  20. ↑ "Why Can't We Find Fulfilling Work?". 11 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "The Archive". archive.house.
  22. ↑ "Meet the tech CEO who chooses to live with 15 roommates". Today. 2018-10-12.
  23. ↑ "Google Launchpad Female Founders Summit". 24 November 2017.
  24. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: TIMtalks Spring 2012 - Kanjun Qiu. YouTube.
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