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Thinking Machines names Soumith Chintala new CTO, forms vLLM team

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Thinking Machines has appointed Soumith Chintala as its new Chief Technology Officer, succeeding Barret Zoph. Chintala, who has a decade of experience in AI research and development, is expected to lead the company's technological advancements. The company also announced its intention to build a vLLM team focused on advancing open-source vLLM and supporting frontier models. AI

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IMPACT New leadership and focus on vLLM may accelerate open-source model deployment and inference optimization.

RANK_REASON New CTO appointment at an AI company and announcement of a new team focused on vLLM.

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  1. X — Mira Murati TIER_1 · Mira Murati ·

    We have parted ways with Barret Zoph. Soumith Chintala will be the new CTO of Thinking Machines. He is a brilliant and seasoned leader who has made im...

    We have parted ways with Barret Zoph. <br /><br />Soumith Chintala will be the new CTO of Thinking Machines. He is a brilliant and seasoned leader who has made important contributions to the AI field for over a decade, and he’s been a major contributor to our team. We could not b…

  2. X — Mira Murati TIER_1 · Mira Murati ·

    RT Woosuk Kwon: At Thinking Machines, our work includes collaborating with the broader research community. Today we are excited to share that we are b...

    RT Woosuk Kwon<br />At Thinking Machines, our work includes collaborating with the broader research community. Today we are excited to share that we are building a vLLM team at @thinkymachines to advance open-source vLLM and serve frontier models. If you are interested, please DM…

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