Vu Ha
Vu Ha was Technical Director at AI House and Research Lead at Allen Institute for AI. Vu Ha also co-founded SemanticScholar.org and served as its Lead Architect. Vu Ha was Principal Development Lead, Bing at Microsoft. Vu Ha was a gold medalist at the International Math Olympiad at age 15.
Seattle’s AI2 Incubator Closes $80M Third Fund to Back 70 New AI Startups Over Four Years
AI2 Incubator, a Seattle-based startup incubator focused on AI and real-world applications, has closed an $80 million third fund to support about 70 new ventures over the next four years. The incubator has a successful track record with nearly 25% of its 50+ alumni acquired and 90% securing venture funding.
AI2 Incubator Raises $80M Third Fund to Accelerate Early-Stage AI Startups in Seattle
AI2 Incubator, a Seattle-based AI startup accelerator, has raised about $80 million for its third fund, significantly larger than its previous funds of $30 million in 2023 and $10 million in 2020. The incubator has spun out over 40 companies valued at $1.4 billion and recently moved to a new AI-focused headquarters in Seattle.
#30: Jacob Colker - Co-Managing Director AI2 Incubator
To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode of Startup Project Nataraj spoke to Jacob Colker - Co-Managing Director AI2 Incubator. Inaugurated five years ago by the late Paul Allen and Professor Oren Etzioni, the commercialization arm of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence was tasked with creating an incubator program for the brightest minds in AI to launch the next wave of technology companies that would change the world. Jacob Colker, Vu Ha, and Bryan Hale were tasked to fulfill this mandate. Full conversation includes: Origin story of Allen Institute Incubator…
Organizations
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AI House Technical Director 2017–2026 · past
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Allen Institute for AI Research Lead 2016–2017, Co-Founder and Lead Architect, SemanticScholar.org 2014–2016 · past
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Microsoft Principal Development Lead, Bing 2012–2014, Principal Development Lead, Targeting and Audience Intelligence 2010–2012, Applied Research Lead, Microsoft AdCenter Labs 2006–2010 · past
Education
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ph.D., Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence · 1995–2001
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Eötvös Loránd University M.S., Computer Science · 1991–1995
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Debreceni Egyetem B.S., Computer Science · 1988–1991
