March , in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is the creator of widely-used tools like the Transformers and Datasets libraries and is a driving force behind open-science initiatives such as the BigScience Workshop, which led to the development of the BLOOM language model. With a Ph. Carsten Koerl is the founder of two unicorns: Sportradar and Bwin.
As CEO of Sportradar, he transformed the company into a global leader in sports data and betting technology, taking it public on Nasdaq in His entrepreneurial journey began in with the creation of Bwin, which he led to a successful IPO in In , Sportradar attracted investment from Michael Jordan and Mark Cuban, further fueling its expansion and cementing its position as a leader in the industry. Matt is a partner at the venture capital firm Benchmark, where for over a decade he led early-stage investments in Internet and software startups.
He currently serves as a member of the board of directors at public companies KKR, Asana, and 1stdibs, and at several private venture-backed companies such as DeepL. He previously served as a member of the board of directors at public and private companies including Instagram, Tinder, and Uber. Create, collaborate, code and compete at our annual hackathon. Run by students, for students, START Hack bridges the gap between the worlds of business and technology to create exciting opportunities for talented young developers, including the chance to win life-changing and project-launching prize money.
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