Joseph Nelson

Joseph Nelson is the Co-founder and CEO of Roboflow, a company focused on making advanced computer vision accessible to developers. Under his leadership, Roboflow has developed tools that enable over 250,000 developers, including those from more than half of the Fortune 100 companies, to create and deploy custom computer vision solutions. The company has raised over $22 million in funding from notable investors, including Y Combinator and Craft Ventures.13

Background and Career

Before founding Roboflow in August 2019, Nelson co-founded Represently, a platform designed to improve communication between U.S. Congress and constituents through natural language processing and machine learning, which was later acquired by Fireside21. He also worked as a Principal Data Scientist at ROC AUC, LLC, where he consulted for various Fortune 500 companies.14

Nelson has a strong educational background, holding a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The George Washington University and having studied at the London School of Economics. He has also taught data science at General Assembly, where he developed and delivered extensive curricula.124

Vision for Roboflow

Nelson's vision for Roboflow is to empower developers by providing them with tools that simplify the process of building and deploying computer vision applications. He believes that machine learning and computer vision will have transformative impacts on industries, comparable to the effects of the Internet and mobile technology.24