Making ML infrastructure accessible to everyone

We believe every ML team deserves world-class infrastructure — not just the ones with billion-dollar budgets.

Our Mission

GradientPond was founded in 2021 with a simple observation: the best ML teams in the world spend more time on infrastructure than on actual research. We set out to change that.

Our platform handles the complexity of experiment tracking, distributed training, and model deployment — so researchers and engineers can focus on what they do best: building great models.

Today, over 50,000 ML engineers at companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises trust GradientPond to power their ML workflows.

50K+
ML Engineers
2M+
Experiments
120+
Team Members
$86M
Total Raised

What drives us every day

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Research-First

We build tools that researchers actually want to use. Every feature starts with understanding the real workflow challenges ML teams face daily.

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Speed Matters

In ML, iteration speed is everything. We obsess over performance — from sub-millisecond logging to instant experiment comparisons.

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Open by Default

We believe in open standards and interoperability. Our SDK is open-source, our APIs are well-documented, and we never lock you in.

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Community Driven

Our roadmap is shaped by our community. We listen, iterate, and ship based on real feedback from the ML engineers who use our platform daily.

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Trust & Security

Your models and data are your competitive advantage. We're SOC 2 certified, GDPR compliant, and treat security as a first-class concern.

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Global Impact

We're building infrastructure that enables breakthroughs in healthcare, climate science, and education. Great tools amplify great research.

The people behind GradientPond

A diverse team of ML researchers, infrastructure engineers, and product builders.

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Alex Kowalski

Co-Founder & CEO

Former ML infrastructure lead at Google Brain. PhD in distributed systems from MIT.

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Samira Patel

Co-Founder & CTO

Previously built distributed training systems at Meta AI. Stanford CS PhD.

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James Chen

VP of Engineering

10+ years building developer tools. Former engineering director at Databricks.

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Maria Oliveira

Head of Product

Product leader with deep ML domain expertise. Previously at Weights & Biases and Notion.

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David Wright

Head of Research

Published 30+ papers on distributed ML. Former research scientist at DeepMind.

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Lisa Nakamura

VP of Sales

Enterprise sales leader. Previously scaled revenue at Snowflake and HashiCorp.

Investors who believe in our vision

We're backed by leading venture firms and AI-focused investors.

◆ Sequoia Capital
Series B Lead
◇ a16z
Series A Lead
◆ Index Ventures
Series B
◇ Y Combinator
Seed (W21)

Join us on our mission

We're hiring across engineering, research, and go-to-market. Come build the future of ML infrastructure.