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Preferred Networks
AI Researchers
Original posting
Preferred Networks | AI Researchers & Engineers | Tokyo and Berkeley | ONSITE, VISA, https://www.preferred-networks.jp/en/
We are a growing startup with more than 100 members based in Tokyo, focusing on developing AI solutions for Autonomous Driving, Robotics, and Bio-Healthcare. We love open source and are actively developing CuPy and the deep learning framework Chainer: https://github.com/cupy/cupy
https://github.com/chainer/chainer
We have one of the world’s largest private GPU clusters, with 1024 NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPUs, and achieved the world record of training on ImageNet in 15 minutes: https://www.preferred-networks.jp/en/news/pr20171110
Moreover, we recently expanded the cluster with an additional 512 NVIDIA Tesla V100 32GB GPUs:
https://www.preferred-networks.jp/en/news/pr20180328
Our technical advisor is Pieter Abbeel (UC Berkeley): https://www.preferred-networks.jp/en/news/pr20170724
Learn more about our research activities here: https://www.preferred-networks.jp/en/activities
So far we have raised over $100 million from Toyota, FANUC, Hakuhodo DYHD, Hitachi, Mizuho Bank, and Mitsui & Co.
We have a western-style working environment with attractive salaries and benefits in the heart of Tokyo. Ability to communicate in either English or Japanese is OK.
We are looking for talented individuals with skills in various areas related to realizing cutting-edge AI applications in many industries. Find out more, and apply for all positions here: https://www.preferred-networks.jp/en/job