Kanjun Qiu is the co-founder and CEO of Imbue, an AI research lab.[1][2] Imbue has raised $200M from companies like Nvidia to fund the development of "custom AI agents capable of reasoning".[3][4]
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Previously, Kanjun was the co-founder and CEO of Sourceress, a machine learning recruiting startup based in San Francisco.[5][6][7]
Before Sourceress, Kanjun served as the first chief of staff at Dropbox as the company scaled from 200 to 1200 people.[8] Kanjun is a Sequoia Capital Scout[9] and the co-author of Sew Electric, a book that uses sewing to teach computer science to middle and high school students.[10][11]
On December 3, 2019, Kanjun was recognized as the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Featured Honoree in Enterprise Technology.[12][13][14][15] Kanjun studied computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, worked as a graduate researcher at the MIT Media Lab[16] and paid her way by writing high-frequency trading algorithms to trade the stock market.[17]
Kanjun has spoken extensively on the importance of using hiring strategies that promote diversity in technology.[18][19][20]
Personal life
editKanjun founded The Archive, a long-term coliving house near Dolores Park in San Francisco.[21] In October 2018, Kanjun and her fellow roommates appeared on Megyn Kelly Today to explain the inspiration behind the house.[22][23][24]
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- ^ "AI Startup Imbue Tops $1 Billion Valuation After Funding from Nvidia". Bloomberg.com. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "Imbue raises $200 million at over $1 billion valuation in AI funding boost". Reuters. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "Kanjun Qiu". Forbes.
- ^ "About Sourceress". Sourceress. Archived from the original on 2019-04-04.
- ^ Metz, Cade (2 July 2017). "The South Park Commons Fills a Hole in the Tech Landscape". The New York Times.
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- ^ "Kanjun Qiu, Sequoia Capital Scout, Sequoia Capital". www.topionetworks.com.
- ^ "ABOUT". sewelectric.org.
- ^ "Kanjun Qiu". www.amazon.in.
- ^ "Sourceress' Kanjun Qiu is Helping Companies Make Smarter Recruiting Choices with AI". Forbes. 2019-12-03.
- ^ D'Onfro, Jillian; Sternlicht, Alexandra (2019-12-03). "The 2020 Under 30 In Enterprise Tech: Meet The Honorees Shaking Up The Way We Work". Forbes.
- ^ "30 Under 30 2020: Enterprise Technology". Forbes.
- ^ "Bill Gates' 2019 Best Books List and the Biggest Food Trends of 2020 | Today's Top 12 Stories". Forbes. 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Kanjun Qiu". 28 October 2007.
- ^ "Kanjun Qiu". Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Building a Diverse Team with the Help of Recruiting Automation".
- ^ "TIMtalks Capture Student Experiences". 25 May 2012.
- ^ "Why Can't We Find Fulfilling Work?". 11 November 2017.
- ^ "The Archive". archive.house.
- ^ "Meet the tech CEO who chooses to live with 15 roommates". Today. 2018-10-12.
- ^ "Google Launchpad Female Founders Summit". 24 November 2017.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: TIMtalks Spring 2012 - Kanjun Qiu. YouTube.