William Chan

Cofounder/CTO at Ideogram

📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

William Chan is the Cofounder and CTO of Ideogram, a generative AI startup. A former Staff Research Scientist at Google Brain, he holds a PhD in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His expertise lies in developing generative AI to enhance human creativity, particularly in text-to-image technology.

Outside of his work in AI, William has a distinct passion for the culinary world, having studied Culinary and Baking Arts. He is also dedicated to fitness, with a specific interest in strength training and squatting, and has a stated appreciation for croissants.

He studied to be a baker and pastry chef before pivoting his career to focus on artificial intelligence.

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Experience

4 Years

Current Role

Cofounder/CTO

Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Generative AI

As the Cofounder and CTO of Ideogram, his company's core mission is to help people become more creative using generative AI tools.

Text-to-Image Models

He frequently promotes Ideogram's ability to render text accurately within images, a significant technical focus and differentiator for his product.

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Career

Work history

12-2022

Cofounder/CTO

Ideogram

Google Brain Staff Research Scientist

Google

5-2016 - 8-2016

Google Brain Research Intern

Google

1-2015 - 8-2015

Google Brain Research Intern

Google

5-2014 - 8-2015

NLP Research Intern

Google

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Education

2019 - 2021

Culinary and Baking Arts

George Brown College

2011 - 2016

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Carnegie Mellon University

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