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Jure Leskovec

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Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Kumo.AI
📍 Stanford, California, United States

Jure Leskovec is a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University and the Co-Founder & Chief Scientist of Kumo. ai. He is a renowned expert in machine learning and a pioneer in Graph Neural Networks, with a Ph. D. from Carnegie Mellon. His previous company, Kosei, was acquired by Pinterest where he then served as Chief Scientist.

Originally from Slovenia, Jure has a passion for sports including soccer, alpine skiing, and sailing. In his university days, he was active in student associations and a folk dance group, showing a strong connection to his cultural heritage and community involvement outside of his academic pursuits.

His latest venture, Kumo. ai, was recently named one of Fast Companys "Next Big Things in Tech" for its work in advancing predictive AI on enterprise data.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Stanford, California, United States
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Graph Machine Learning
He is a pioneer in the field of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), teaches a popular Stanford course on the topic, and his work is foundational to the technology.
Predictive AI for Enterprise
His startup, Kumo. ai, aims to bring modern AI to enterprise data warehouses, automating predictive modeling and eliminating the need for manual feature engineering.
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Career

Work history

4-2022
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Kumo.AI
9-2009
Professor
Stanford University
Investigator
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Chief Scientist
Pinterest
Co-founder
Kosei
In the press

Media appearances

Interview with Jure Leskovec (Professor at Stanford University). Featured in YouTube
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Education
2004 - 2008
Ph.D.
Carnegie Mellon University
2008 - 2009
Postdoc
Cornell University
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