Jorge Torres
Co-Founder & CEO at MindsDB
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge Torres is a founder and engineering leader with 12 years of experience building scalable ML and web systems, currently co-founding and leading MindsDB to democratize AI and machine learning. Based in Berkeley, he combines hands-on product engineering with strategic vision, previously driving data-intensive projects at CareJourney and scaling platforms at CouchSurfing and Skillshare. His background spans founding startups, leading engineering teams, and advising on scalable computer vision systems, reflecting deep operational experience in production ML. Jorge blends applied research and entrepreneurship—he's a UC Berkeley visiting research scholar focused on ML automation and explainability and a Y Combinator alumni founder. He has a practical knack for turning large, messy datasets into actionable insights and product features, especially in healthcare and advertising domains. Colleagues describe him as a founder who bridges research, product, and execution to make complex AI accessible to non-experts.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Research Scholar Machine Learning Automation and Explainability, Visiting Research Scholar Machine Learning Automation and Explainability at University of California, BerkeleyW20 Alumni - MindsDB, W20 Alumni - MindsDB at Y CombinatorAustralian National UniversityStanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative - Scaling Program Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative - Scaling Program Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford University
Github Skills (83)
probabilistic-programming10
postgresql10
databases10
semantic-search10
gpt4all10
automl10
fairness-ml10
mindsdb10
ml10
ai10
gpt10
ollama10
singlestore10
database10
localai10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
torrmal/cordova-simplefilemanagement
Apr 2014 - Mar 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 11 months
creationdeletiondirectorycli
iluwtf/main
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:68 commits, 59 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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