I am best known for designing search technologies deployed on hundreds of millions of devices, which power some of the largest tech companies, unicorns and decacorns, AI research labs, and defense and intelligence organizations worldwide.Since 2015, I have led Unum Cloud, an AI Software Infrastructure project that scales the Storage, Compute, and Modeling capabilities of modern intelligent systems. This includes primitives like efficient numerics and string libraries and compound systems like Search Engines, Database Engines, and Machine Learning Frameworks. Those systems rely extensively on SIMD Assembly, GPGPU, and Linux Kernel Bypass tricks.My academic background in astrophysics, coupled with my interests in chemistry and biology, has led me to occasionally participate in 'open science' projects. One of my notable contributions is the creation of a large searchable dataset of small molecules — 'USearch Molecules,' which is widely used in Pharma for computational drug discovery.In the past, I invested in cloud and semiconductor companies. Before that, in high school, I wrote some of the first educational and productivity apps on iOS, translated into 8 languages, and sold worldwide.In my free time, I co-organize the C++ and Systems Design groups in the San Francisco Bay Area, the US, and Armenia. Although I don't hold any degrees, I enjoy teaching grad courses and giving PhD seminars in Computer Science.You can find me with the @ashvardanian handle on most platforms or on my blog - ashvardanian.com
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Founder, Benevolent Dictator For LifeUnumLondon, Gb -
Founder, Benevolent Dictator For LifeUnum Nov 2015 - PresentSan Francisco, Ca, UsEmpowering the largest search systems across different modalities - multilingual texts, code, images, videos, chemical compounds, graphs, and biopolymer sequences, like proteins, RNA, and DNA. -
Venture PartnerAloniq Oct 2024 - PresentLondon, Gb -
Venture PartnerAal Vc Oct 2024 - PresentVancouver, Ca -
Visiting LecturerYerevan State University Jan 2021 - May 2021Yerevan, AmData Science graduate program. -
Managing PartnerFamily Office Sep 2014 - Apr 2021UsLate-stage investments in IT and Deep-Tech companies across Europe, Asia, and the US. -
FounderFastapps 2009 - 2014Санкт-Петербург, RuWe have developed some of the earlier apps on the iOS App Store. Top-grossing in the Education category. Featured in the Productivity category. Translated into 8 languages. -
Frontend DeveloperFreelance Software Development 2007 - 2009San Francisco, Ca, Us
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Peter The Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityAstrophysics -
Charles UniversityArtificial Intelligence -
Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiComputational Linguistics -
Wolfram Summer SchoolMachine Learning Research
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Ash Vardanian attended Peter The Great St.petersburg Polytechnic University, Charles University, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Wolfram Summer School.
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