Summary
Jonathan Ho is a research scientist with 17 years of experience at the intersection of academic rigor and product-scale AI, currently at Meta after co-founding the AI startup Ideogram. His career spans research roles at Google and OpenAI and early engineering internships at Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, reflecting deep exposure to both foundational research and large-scale engineering. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and pairs formal research training with practical startup execution. As a founder, he has experience taking research ideas toward productization, and his repeat transitions between industry research labs and entrepreneurship show a talent for translating cutting-edge models into real-world systems. Based in the United States, he blends curiosity-driven investigation with an operator’s focus on shipping impactful systems. A less obvious strength is his sustained ability to navigate both early-stage company constraints and the governance and collaboration norms of major tech labs.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley