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Astera Institute

The Astera Institute was created to bring humanity the greatest imaginable good in the most efficient possible way. When your ambitions are boundless, but your resources are finite, leverage is your friend. In the words of Konrad Zuse, “I was too lazy to calculate, so I invented the computer.” Inspired by such extreme examples of “work smarter,” Astera seeks to activate the areas of exponential latent potential within science and technology. We want to create benevolent super-intelligence, live to 200, fix science, and do engineering worthy of Asimov.

Berkeley, United States14 people
AI/MLEngineeringEnterprise Software

Team14

NameLocationLinksContact
Anika Gupta
Chief Operating Officer
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Jed McCaleb
Founder
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Seemay Chou
Chief Of Strategy
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Isabel Colin
Office Manager
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Sarah Hunt
Materials Lead
Berkeley, California, United States
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Thomas Teisberg
Englacial Project Lead
Redwood City, California, United States
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Ashwin Braude
Senior Research Scientist
Emeryville, California, United States
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Állan Ferrari
Scientist
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Chandramouli Rajagopalan
Research Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
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Edwin Kite
Resident
San Francisco Bay Area
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Marmik Chaudhari
research fellow
San Francisco Bay Area
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Tala Fakhoury
Neuroscience Intern
New York City Metropolitan Area
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Vratin Srivastava
Junior Scientist
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Ellaine C.
Open Science
San Francisco Bay Area
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