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Jonathan Siddharth
CEO & Founder at Turing. Spin up your engineering dream team. #TalentCloud
Jonathan Siddharth is the Founder and CEO of Turing.com, a company that utilizes artificial intelligence to connect businesses with top software developers from around the world. He co-founded Turing in 2018 after previously leading a startup called Rover, which was acquired by Revcontent. Turing has since become a significant player in the tech industry, achieving unicorn status with a valuation of $4 billion by 2022.25
Education and Early Career
Siddharth holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Anna University, where he graduated at the top of his class. He later earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, where he was awarded the Christopher Stephenson Memorial Award for Best Masters Research. His early career includes roles at Yahoo! and Powerset, where he focused on search relevance and machine learning.125
Contributions and Vision
At Turing, Siddharth aims to democratize access to talent by leveraging AI to source, vet, and match developers with companies globally. This approach emerged from his experiences at Rover, where he recognized the potential of remote work and the need for a more efficient hiring process. Under his leadership, Turing has built a platform that boasts over two million developers, positioning itself as a leader in the freelance and remote work sectors.36
Personal Insights
Siddharth is known for his commitment to continuous improvement and innovation. He enjoys reading extensively and engages in building machine learning products in his spare time. He emphasizes the importance of learning from failure and adapting to challenges, lessons he gained from his entrepreneurial journey.45
Highlights
I’m excited for my talk at @NeurIPSConf on the importance of human data for enhancing model performance.
So much energy at NeurIPS this year!
Come say hi if you’re around and if you see folks from @turingcom ✨
We need data & compute to ride out the scaling laws.
Pretty neat to see the scaling laws continuing to hold.