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Silurian

Foundation models to simulate Earth, starting with weather.

Kirkland, WA

6 employees

AI

Seed · $6.0M

About Silurian

Silurian is building foundation models for simulating Earth, starting with weather. From assessing the risk of wildfires to predicting the energy grid load, we provide an infrastructure layer for our planet. Our frontier models push the boundaries of what can be simulated on Earth and improve decision making across vital sectors including energy, insurance, agriculture, and logistics.

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Machine Learning Research Engineer / Scientist

Seattle, WA, US

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Company details

Team Size6

LocationKirkland, WA

IndustryAI

Funding

Total raised

$6.0M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Pioneer Fund

Founders

Cristian Bodnar

Chief Scientist of Silurian. I was previously a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research where I co-lead the development of the Aurora foundation model. During my PhD at Cambridge, I've also spent time in top AI industry labs like Google Brain, Google X and Twitter Cortex.

Jayesh K. Gupta

Jayesh is Co-founder and CEO of Silurian AI. Previously he was the Head of AI at Poly Corporation. He led the development of the first foundation model for weather & climate as researcher at Microsoft and was the co-author of Aurora. Jayesh holds a Ph.D. in CS from Stanford.

Nikhil Shankar

Nikhil is a co-founder and chief engineer at Silurian AI. Previously he was a software engineer at AWS SageMaker and prior to that he dropped out of his PhD in applied mathematics where he was working on problems in fluid dynamics.

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Jayesh Gupta

Leads Silurian AI, a software company providing foundation models for simulating Earth systems, starting with weather.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

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Nikhil Shankar

Nikhil is a co-founder and chief engineer at Silurian AI. Previously he was a software engineer at AWS SageMaker and prior to that he dropped out of his PhD in applied mathematics where he was working on problems in fluid dynamics.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.