Carl Hildebrandt
Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolCarl Hildebrandt is a founder and CEO with nine years of experience building verifiable safety for autonomous systems, blending a Ph.D. in Autonomous System Safety with hands-on engineering at Nuro and multiple research labs. He has authored papers at top robotics and software-testing conferences, designed a widely used robotics lab course, and led product-grade sensing and AI systems from prototype to feasibility studies. His experience spans autonomy verification, swarm behaviors, and privacy-preserving healthcare monitoring, demonstrating an ability to translate academic rigor into deployable systems. Now leading a stealth startup in Mountain View, he’s focused on creating a new, scalable standard for safety and trust in mobility—bringing the same endurance and discipline that fuels his ultramarathon and Kilimanjaro pursuits to tackling real-world verification challenges.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Engineering at University of PretoriaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of Virginia
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (60)
logistics9
python-interface9
monte-carlo-tree-search8
python8
deep-learning8
decision-making8
reinforcement-learning8
gpu8
state-space8
sdk8
starcraft8
machine-learning8
beamng8
simulator7
ros7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
less-lab-uva/less-lab-uva.github.io
Aug 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:87 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 5 months
hildebrandt-carl/WorldInTheLoop
Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:72 commits, 4 pushes in 9 months
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