Erik Gafni
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorErik Gafni is a seasoned AI-first technology leader and entrepreneur based in San Francisco with over a decade of experience building and scaling ML-powered biotech and AI products. As Co-Founder and CTO at TypeSafe AI and a Co-Founder at a stealth startup, he is shaping the future of LLM training stacks and practical AI deployment. He previously co-founded Ravel Biotechnology, where he built multi-modal DL models on high-throughput sequencing, led a collaboration resulting in a Nature publication, and helped secure $9.5M in funding. Earlier in his career, he led ML-driven production pipelines at Invitae and contributed to open-source tools like the Cosmos workflow manager, while also guiding research at Harvard Medical School. He has led ventures and hands-on engineering across roles including CEO/Head of AI at Eventum.ai and Senior roles at Freenome and Invitae, blending research excellence with scalable software delivery. He earned a BS in Computer Science and Health Science from the University of Arizona and brings a rare mix of practical ML, bioinformatics, and startup leadership.
12 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
1,990reputation
231kreached
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apache
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linux
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Github Skills (104)
python10
pipeline10
apache10
bam9
linux9
ai9
bcftools9
deep-learning9
genomics9
lifecycle9
pytorch9
viewer9
machine-learning9
samtools9
php9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Mizzou-CBMI/Mizzou-CBMI.github.io
May 2016 - Oct 2020
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 comment, 1 issue in 4 years 5 months
egafni/Kache
Nov 2016 - Oct 2020
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 4 years
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