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Yossi Matias

Vice President, Google. Head of Google Research.

United States

Investor
Angel

Invests in

Stages:

Series B
Seed

Locations:

Israel

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Algorithms
Computer Science
Machine Learning
R&D
Software Engineering
Big Data
Distributed Systems
Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Software Development
Data Mining
Artificial Intelligence
Scalability
Software Design
Information Retrieval
Mobile Applications
Product Management
Computer Vision
Object Oriented Design
Business Strategy

Education

Investments

enso

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $6M

Tonara

Seed

Total Funding: $9.8M

Work Experience

Google

2006

  • Head of Google Research

    2024

  • Vice President, Engineering & Research

    2014

    Search & AI Research

  • Founding Managing Director, Google Center in Israel

    2006 - 2024

    Founding Head of Google Engineering Center in Israel (now over 2000) Starting the Tel Aviv Engineering Center in Aug 2006, and merging it with the Haifa Center in Feb 2009 to form a single strategic Israel Engineering Center (based in Tel Aviv and Haifa) https://youtu.be/G1LdVwai5ik

  • Founding Executive Lead, Campus TLV & Google for Startup Accelerator

    2012 - 2024

    Founding executive lead of Google for Startup Campus Tel Aviv - a technology hub for entrepreneurs - and home to innovative global programs such as Campus for Moms and LaunchPad, a global mentorship program which evolved into the global Google for Startup Accelerator, supporting thousands of startups globally.

  • Senior Director, Search

    2010 - 2014

Tel Aviv University

1997

  • Computer Science faculty

    1997

Verily Life Sciences

2021

  • Advisory Board Member

    2021

SandboxAQ

2022

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022

IATI - Israeli Advanced Technology Industries

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

    Chair of the IATI Multi National Companies (MNC) Forum Board Member 2012-2015, 2018-present

Stanford Univ

2004 - 2006

  • Visiting Professor

    2004 - 2006

HyperRoll, Inc. (Acquired by Oracle)

2002 - 2006

  • CTO & Chief Scientist

    2002 - 2006

Zapper Technologies

1999 - 2001

  • Founder, CEO, Chairman

    1999 - 2001

Bell Laboratories

1992 - 1998

  • Research Scientist

    1992 - 1998

University of Maryland

1990 - 1992

  • Research Associate

    1990 - 1992

    UMIACS