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The UC Berkeley Mafia

Founders who came out of UC Berkeley to start their own companies.

13 founders 20 companies Root: UC Berkeley →
Lineage of UC BerkeleyUC BerkeleyUC BerkeleyIon StoicaIon StoicaArenaArenaDatabricksDatabricksAnyscaleAnyscaleAlex YuAlex YuLuma AILuma AIAlloy RoboticsAlloy RoboticsAndy KonwinskiAndy KonwinskiDatabricksDatabricksPerplexity AIPerplexity AIMatei ZahariaMatei ZahariaDatabricksDatabricksApache SparkApache SparkPieter AbbeelPieter AbbeelCovariantCovariantGradescopeGradescopeSergey LevineSergey LevinePhysical IntelligencePhysical IntelligencePhysical Intelligence (π)Physical Intelligence…Ali GhodsiAli GhodsiDatabricksDatabricksDeepak PathakDeepak PathakSkild AISkild AIPatrick WendellPatrick WendellDatabricksDatabricksPeter ChenPeter ChenCovariantCovariantPhilipp MoritzPhilipp MoritzAnyscaleAnyscaleReynold XinReynold XinDatabricksDatabricksRobert NishiharaRobert NishiharaAnyscaleAnyscale
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Every founder in the UC Berkeley lineage

13 founders · 20 companies

Founders who worked at or founded UC Berkeley and went on to build their own companies.

I Ion Stoica 3 founded
Arena 1973 Databricks 2013 Anyscale 2019
A Alex Yu 2 founded
Luma AI 2021 Alloy Robotics
A Andy Konwinski 2 founded
Databricks 2013 Perplexity AI 2022
M Matei Zaharia 2 founded
Databricks 2013 Apache Spark 2014
P Pieter Abbeel 2 founded
Covariant 2017 Gradescope
S Sergey Levine 2 founded
Physical Intelligence 2024 Physical Intelligence (π)
A Ali Ghodsi 1 founded
Databricks 2013
D Deepak Pathak 1 founded
Skild AI 2023
P Patrick Wendell 1 founded
Databricks 2013
P Peter Chen 1 founded
Covariant 2017
P Philipp Moritz 1 founded
Anyscale 2019
R Reynold Xin 1 founded
Databricks 2013
R Robert Nishihara 1 founded
Anyscale 2019
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