Radical Numerics Watch posted an update
Radical Numerics has appointed Tri Dao as an adviser, with a role guiding the startup’s research strategy in machine-learning systems, optimisation and scaling as it builds biological foundation models.
Why it mattersDao is co-founder and chief scientist of Together AI and leads the Dao AI Lab at Princeton University. Radical Numerics co-founder and CEO Eric Nguyen announced the appointment on the company’s website, citing Dao’s work on FlashAttention and Mamba. That puts a prominent AI systems researcher alongside a startup pursuing biological foundation models. The announcement does not spell out what the advisory work will involve day to day, so the interesting test is what it leads to in the research.
Discuss: For an early-stage AI company, does a high-profile adviser meaningfully strengthen its research, or does that only become clear when concrete work follows?
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