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Soumith Chintala

Soumith Chintala portrait

CTO at Thinking Machines Lab

🇮🇳 Indian

Chintala co-founded PyTorch, the software framework that made experimental neural-network code easy to write, debug, and share. Its flexible design helped it become the default platform for AI research and a foundation for production systems across the industry. He also co-authored DCGAN, an influential early image generator.

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Background

Current role
CTO 2025-present
Previously
2014-2025
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

Citation Trend

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Sep 1, '26179,678160,644141,610Aug 25, '25Apr 15, '26Jun 15, '26Sep 1, '26
179,678citations as of Sep 1, '26+4,283 since Aug 1, '26
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