I left a16z to start Ixian Robotics!
I’m very grateful for the people I got to learn from at a16z, and excited to be building again. The last couple of months have felt like knocking down dominoes I’ve spent years putting up.
Wrote a bit about the last year and what I want to build next:
one of the top 5 best researchers I've worked with is exploring dropping his PhD for industry. bg in optimization & interpretability, just wrapped an internship at Apple MLR w glowing recs
if you're hiring for research roles (esp w scope to publish) dm & happy to intro