Richard Socher is an NLP and deep learning researcher who founded MetaMind (acquired by Salesforce) and later served as chief scientist at Salesforce. He founded You.com, an AI-assisted search company, and maintains a public research and builder profile at socher.org.123
At a glance
- Current role
- Founder
- Company
- You.com
- Fields
- Language models
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
You.com and Salesforce
Socher founded You.com after his Salesforce tenure. Salesforce acquired MetaMind and named him chief scientist; his personal site documents MetaMind, Salesforce, and You.com chapters of his career.123
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.
- Former chief scientist, Salesforce31
- Founder (acquired), MetaMind3
Where they work
- You.com 1 person in the wiki
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References
3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 23, 2026 · data updated Oct 23, 2026