Matt WelshCo Founder

United States - Seattle, Washington

I'm co-founder and CEO of Fixie.ai, a startup that is using AI to rethink how the world builds software systems.

I was previously SVP of Engineering at OctoML, a Seattle-based startup developing technology to optimize machine learning models. I have been a Principal Engineer at Google, Apple, and Xnor.ai, and a Professor of Computer Science at Harvard.

Prior to OctoML, I was a Principal Engineer at Xnor.ai, a Seattle-based startup developing efficient AI for embedded systems. Xnor was acquired by Apple in early 2020, and I spent several months at Apple as a member of the AI/ML team.

Prior to Xnor, I spent 8 years at Google as the engineering director of the Chrome Mobile team in Seattle. Our team focused on making Chrome and the web great for the next billion users, developing new browser capabilities to make the web faster and use less data.

Prior to Google, I was a Professor of Computer Science at Harvard. My research interests covered a broad range of topics in the space of operating systems, networks, and mobile computing. At Harvard, I focused on wireless sensor networks, with an emphasis on high-level languages and programming models. I have published over 70 papers in conferences and journals and two books on a wide range of topics.

Please see my website for a full curriculum vitae.

Specialties: Edge AI, machine learning, mobile computing, operating systems, distributed systems, networks.