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
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 Hemant Mohapatra / @mohapatrahemant : 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. Robert Nishihara / @robertnishihara : 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 LinkedIn: Rich Lyons : Berkeley faculty pushing the frontiers of AI. https://lnkd.in/... Ashu Garg :Ion Stoica is a remarkable researcher, technologist and entrepreneur. In addition to co-founding Conviva, Databricks and Anyscale … Martina Di Licosa : Back in April, when I was still a student at Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism, I cold-emailed Professor Ion Stoica to ask if he would help me with a data visualization project. … Hui Zhang : From #CMU/#Berkeley labs to billion-dollar boardrooms. — I've had the privilege of working with Ion Stoica for 30 years … Luisa Kroll : I love this story by Martina Di Licosa! Ion Stoica cofounded $62 billion Databricks out of his Berkeley Computer Lab and was CEO for three years … Rich Adao : Fun Fact: Anyscale was founded by Michael Jordan 😉 — Ion Stoica = Low-ego + high-impact. It's a privilege to know and work with Ion. … Tuan Vu : Big fan of how Professor Ion Stoica bridges research and entrepreneurship—Spark/ Databricks, Ray/Anyscale, and now LMArena—while mentoring students at UC Berkeley and championing open source.
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]
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
@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.
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
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.
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