Philip Howes

Accomplishments

• Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Baseten.¹²
• Co-founded Shape, acquired by Reflektive in 2018.³

Background

Howes is Australian and earned a PhD from the University of Sydney. He moved to San Francisco in 2013. There he co-founded Shape, a data analytics startup, with Tuhin Srivastava. Shape was acquired by performance management company Reflektive in 2018.³

Baseten

Baseten was started in 2019. Its co-founders are CEO Tuhin Srivastava, Amir Haghighat, Pankaj Gupta and Howes, who serves as Chief Scientist. The company sells dedicated inference, model APIs and training for running AI models in production.¹²

In June 2026, Forbes Australia reported that Australian venture firm Blackbird had invested in Baseten's Series F. The round raised US$1.5 billion at a US$13 billion valuation.³

Timeline

1. 2013Moved to San Francisco after a PhD at the University of Sydney.³
2. 2018Shape, co-founded with Tuhin Srivastava, was acquired by Reflektive.³
3. 2019Baseten was started.¹
4. Jun 2026Baseten raised a US$1.5 billion Series F at a US$13 billion valuation, per Forbes Australia.³

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

• Co-founder (acquired by Reflektive in 2018), Shape³

Where they work

• Baseten 4 people in the wiki

Related people

• Pankaj GuptaAlso at Baseten
• Tuhin SrivastavaAlso at Baseten
• Amir HaghighatAlso at Baseten
• Horace HeInference and serving
• Arjun DesaiInference and serving
• Aaron TeoInference and serving
• Bill DallyInference and serving
• Chris LattnerInference and serving
• Pedro CuencaInference and serving
• Johannes GäßlerInference and serving