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Alex Smola

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Co-founder and CEO at Boson AI

🇩🇪🇦🇺 German-Australian

Smola is a prolific machine-learning researcher known for foundational work on kernel methods and scalable learning, and co-author of the open textbook "Dive into Deep Learning." He was a VP at Amazon before founding Boson AI.

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Background

Current role
Co-founder and CEO
Previously
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: July 23, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Sep 1, '26222,465213,487204,508Aug 25, '25Apr 15, '26Jun 15, '26Sep 1, '26
221,635citations as of Sep 1, '26-830 since Aug 1, '26
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