Researcher · Founder · Executive
Chris Lattner
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Co-founder and CEO at Modular AI
Lattner created LLVM and Clang, infrastructure beneath many modern programming languages, and started Swift at Apple. He later created MLIR so software could target many kinds of AI hardware. As co-founder and CEO of Modular, he is building Mojo and the MAX platform to make high-performance AI programming more portable.
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Background
Current role
Co-founder and CEOModular AI
Apple
Tesla
Google
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBorn1978
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Last editorial review: August 8, 2026