Poetiq
United States
- Mountain View, CA
- 03/02/2026
- Seed
- $45,800,000
The fastest path to safe super intelligence. Paved with better reasoning.
- Industry Technology, Information and Internet
- Website https://poetiq.ai/
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/poetiq/
Related People
Shumeet BalujaFounder
United States -
San Diego County, California
PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN 7 BULLETS
1. Machine Learning / Deep Learning - 30 Year Experience.
~ Foundational and application work in deep learning since 1992.
~ Computer vision / Autonomous Vehicles / Mobile / Advertising / User Understanding.
2. Managed groups of 5 - 45 Scientists and Engineers.
3. 165 Granted US Patents.
~ Numerous internationally filed and granted.
~ Publications in top computer science journals/conferences.
4. Financial impact of projects over career:
~ $O(1-10B) generated in products and projects I founded.
~ $O(100M) saved with inventions I co-created.
~ Independently developed technology acquired by ~~~.
5. CTO / Co-Founder of JAMDAT (IPO, 2004). Acquired by EA (2006).
6. Early stage investing (professional and personal): 2 IPO, 4 acquisition-based exits.
7. Company-wide technology and strategy setting at C-level.
~Notable Previous Roles: Chief Scientist/Lycos. Chief Technology Officer/Jamdat, SVP Research/eCompanies, Founder Wireless/Google.
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