Kanjun Qiu Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: generally intelligent . Generally Intelligent.
  2. Web site: Wiggers . Kyle . 2022-10-20 . Generally Intelligent secures cash from OpenAI vets to build capable AI systems . 2023-06-07 . TechCrunch . en-US.
  3. News: 2023-09-07 . AI Startup Imbue Tops $1 Billion Valuation After Funding from Nvidia . en . Bloomberg.com . 2023-10-18.
  4. News: 2023-09-07 . Imbue raises $200 million at over $1 billion valuation in AI funding boost . en . Reuters . 2023-10-18.
  5. Web site: Kanjun Qiu . .
  6. Web site: About Sourceress . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404194619/https://www.sourceress.com/about . 2019-04-04 . Sourceress.
  7. News: The South Park Commons Fills a Hole in the Tech Landscape. The New York Times. 2 July 2017. Metz. Cade.
  8. Web site: Kanjun Qiu . Wellfound.
  9. Web site: Kanjun Qiu, Sequoia Capital Scout, Sequoia Capital . www.topionetworks.com.
  10. Web site: ABOUT . sewelectric.org.
  11. Web site: Kanjun Qiu . www.amazon.in . en-in.
  12. Web site: 2019-12-03 . Sourceress' Kanjun Qiu is Helping Companies Make Smarter Recruiting Choices with AI . Forbes.
  13. Web site: 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. Web site: 30 Under 30 2020: Enterprise Technology. Forbes.
  15. Web site: 2019-12-11 . Bill Gates' 2019 Best Books List and the Biggest Food Trends of 2020 | Today's Top 12 Stories . Forbes.
  16. Web site: Kanjun Qiu. 28 October 2007.
  17. Web site: Kanjun Qiu . 2019-12-10 . 2019-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191208212900/https://www.kanjunqiu.com/ . dead .
  18. Web site: Building a Diverse Team with the Help of Recruiting Automation.
  19. Web site: TIMtalks Capture Student Experiences . 25 May 2012 .
  20. Web site: Why Can't We Find Fulfilling Work? . 11 November 2017 .
  21. Web site: The Archive . archive.house.
  22. Web site: 2018-10-12 . Meet the tech CEO who chooses to live with 15 roommates . Today.
  23. Web site: 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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