A profile of UCB CS professor Ion Stoica, a billionaire who has helped launch four startups out of his privately-funded research lab, including Databricks
This computer science professor became a billionaire launching four startups out of his privately-funded research lab, including unicorns Databricks and Anyscale.
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@mohapatrahemant
Hemant Mohapatra
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He won't remember but in 2017 I met @istoica05 for a dinner in SF along w/ Peter Levine. Peter had to leave for 15mins for a call &, during that time, Ion asked me so many Qs about my childhood & my work, that I forgot who really was the celebrity at that table. A total mensch.
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@robertnishihara
Robert Nishihara
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I don't think it's very widely known how big of a role @istoica05 and the research community at UC Berkeley have played in shaping technology through research and open source. For just a few recent examples of foundational open source technologies, Ion and his students created
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@forbes
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This computer science professor became a billionaire launching four startups out of his privately-funded research lab, including unicorns Databricks and Anyscale. But it's never been just about business. (Photo: Timothy Archibald for Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/... [image]
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@williamwangnlp
William Wang
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From my limited interactions with @istoica05, I see him as one of the best computer scientists of our times. He is a true intellect who not only knows integrating academic research with commercial systems, but also how to build the entire ecosystem of people and technological
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@ashugarg
Ashu Garg
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@istoica05 and his research colleagues at UC Berkeley have played a pivotal role in shaping both distributed systems and AI ecosystem through research, open source projects and entrepreneurship! Ion and his students created Apache Spark, Ray, vLLM, and SGLang, amongst others.
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@humphrey_shi
Humphrey Shi
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The Berkeley innovation & funding model—championed by colleagues like @trevordarrell, @pabbeel, @istoica05, and others—is leading the nation, unleashing the creativity of top students and research labs through industry-sponsored open-source research and valuable startups. In