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Kaichao You

Co-founder and Chief Scientist · Inferact

At a glance. Kaichao You is listed as Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Inferact, with 1 other current role listed. The profile sits among the builders and open-source contributors. Fields listed: Inference and serving and ML frameworks and libraries. The source lists 2 official pages.

Summary

Lead maintainer of vLLM; co-founder and Chief Scientist of Inferact; creator of depyf.

Known for: vLLM; depyf.

Works at

  • Simon MoAlso at Inferact
  • Woosuk KwonAlso at Inferact
  • Mark SaroufimML frameworks and libraries · Inference and serving
  • Chris LattnerML frameworks and libraries · Inference and serving
  • Horace HeML frameworks and libraries · Inference and serving
  • Lin QiaoInference and serving · ML frameworks and libraries
  • Jeff JohnsonInference and serving · ML frameworks and libraries
  • Pete WardenInference and serving · ML frameworks and libraries
  • Patrick von PlatenML frameworks and libraries · Inference and serving
  • Tim DavisML frameworks and libraries · Inference and serving

Source and corrections

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