Vladislav Voroninski

Vladislav Voroninski, CEO of Helm.ai

Vladislav Voroninski is a Russian-American mathematician, entrepreneur, and the CEO and co-founder of Helm.ai, an AI software company focusing on autonomous driving.12

Academic Background

• Received B.S. and M.A. degrees in Applied Mathematics from UCLA in 2008, summa cum laude1
• Earned Ph.D. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley in 2013 under Emmanuel Candes and John Strain1
• Was on the faculty at the MIT Mathematics Department from 2013 to 201612

Research Contributions

• His PhD thesis kicked off the study of phase retrieval in applied mathematics, providing the PhaseLift algorithm and recovery guarantees1
• Research has led to solutions in computer vision, quantum operator theory, optimization, deep learning, and compressive sensing1
• Connected deep learning and inverse problems, resolving the sample complexity bottleneck for compressive phase retrieval1

Awards and Honors

• Awarded the 2014 SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize for originality and opening up new areas of applied mathematics12
• Received the Bernhard Friedman Memorial Prize from UC Berkeley for his PhD thesis1
• Recipient of the George E.G. Sherwood Prize from UCLA Mathematics Department in 2008 for being the top graduating senior12

Entrepreneurship

• Founding Chief Scientist at Sift Security, a cybersecurity startup acquired by Netskope in 201812
• CEO and co-founder of Helm.ai since 2016, building AI software for autonomous driving12

Helm.ai is developing full-stack AI software for ADAS and L4 autonomy using unsupervised learning techniques like Deep Teaching.34 The company has raised $55 million in funding and works with global automakers and Tier 1 suppliers.3