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Charles Frye

Observer · DISC type ci
Member of Technical Staff at Modal
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Charles is an AI Engineer at Modal, focusing on building useful technology with large neural networks. With a PhD in Neuroscience from UC Berkeley, he has a strong background in both research and developer education, previously working as a Deep Learning Educator at Weights & Biases. He is passionate about making complex quantitative methods accessible to non-experts.

Originally from Illinois, Charles began his academic career in biology and computational neuroscience before pivoting to artificial neural networks. Outside of his professional life, he is an avid reader with broad tastes, from contemporary fiction to early modern European history, and also runs tabletop roleplaying games.

He transitioned into machine learning during his PhD by reasoning that "neural networks" had "neuro" in the name, allowing him to study them under the banner of Neuroscience.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Member of Technical Staff
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Charles shows up

Value Driven
Curious
Assertive

They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.

Priorities

Topics Charles cares about

AI Infrastructure
His work at Modal is centered on simplifying serverless infrastructure for compute-intensive tasks, with a particular focus on making GPUs more accessible for AI applications.
ML Education
Passionate about teaching, he has a history as a Deep Learning Educator at Weights & Biases and The Full Stack, creating content on ML and Python.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Member of Technical Staff
Modal
2-2024 - 2-2026
Developer Advocate
Modal
2-2022 - 2-2024
Deep Learning Educator
The Full Stack
7-2020 - 11-2021
Deep Learning Educator
Weights & Biases
12-2019 - 7-2020
Deep Learning Instructor
Weights & Biases
In the press

Media appearances

The Full Stack with Charles Frye. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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5‑minute interview Charles Frye. Featured in Hopsworks.ai
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Education
2014 - 2020
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
University of California, Berkeley
2010 - 2013
Bachelor's degree
University of Chicago
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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