University of Missouri-Columbia
François CholletCo-founder · NdeaResearcher↗Both at Ndea
Researcher · Founder · Executive
Mike Knoop
NdeaCo-founder and CEO
ARC Prize FoundationCo-founder and Board Member
Knoop helped make software automation accessible through Zapier. With François Chollet, he launched ARC Prize to reward AI systems that solve unfamiliar problems, and co-founded Ndea, which combines pattern recognition with AI that writes programs to reason through new tasks.
Career & education
Current rolesNdeaJan 2025-presentCo-founder and CEOARC Prize Foundation2024-presentCo-founder and Board Member
NdeaJan 2025-presentARC Prize Foundation2024-presentPreviously
Zapier2011-Jan 2025Co-founder; later Head of AI
Zapier2011-Jan 2025Education
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