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Pathmind

Winter 2016 · Inactive

Pathmind helps industrial engineers and simulation modelers achieve…

Location: San Francisco, US

Founded: 2014

Team size: 15

About

Pathmind helps industrial engineers and simulation modelers achieve 10-20% gains in performance for industrial operations, supply chains and mining. We help them apply deep reinforcement learning to simulations and digital twins, and deploy decision-making policies into operations.

Founders

  • Chris NicholsonFounder/CEO

    Raised in Montana. Attended Deep Springs College. Studied Zen Buddhism at Tassajara. Worked as a journalist for 8 years at the New York Times and Bloomberg News in Paris. Came to San Francisco in 2013 and joined FutureAdvisor (W10). Founded Skymind (W16), which would later become Pathmind. Acquired by Clipboard Health (W17). Interests: pre/seed investing in AI/deeptech/biotech, foreign languages, machine learning, Ukraine.