Researcher · Founder · Executive
Chris Lattner
QualcommEVP, Advanced AI and Platforms
🇺🇸 AmericanBorn 1978
Lattner created LLVM and Clang, tools that translate programming languages into code computers can run, and started Apple’s Swift language.[1] He later created MLIR to help software work across different AI chips[2], and co-founded Modular, whose Mojo language and MAX platform aim to make AI software faster and more portable.[3]
Career & education
QualcommAug 2026-present
Modular AIJan 2022-Aug 2026
Google2017-2020
Tesla2017-2017
Apple2005-2016
University of Portland
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
References
- Chris Lattner — work historynondot.org
First-person work history credits LLVM, Clang and Swift founding and describes the underlying engineering work.
- MLIR: A Compiler Infrastructure for the End of Moore’s Lawarxiv.org
Original lead-authored MLIR paper explains extensible compiler infrastructure for heterogeneous hardware.
- Modular — About Usmodular.com
Official company history and product overview document cofounders, Mojo/MAX, efficiency and hardware portability.
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