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Robert Nishihara

Co-founder; co-creator of Ray, Anyscale

Co-created the Ray distributed computing framework as a UC Berkeley PhD student and co-founded Anyscale to commercialize it; Ray is widely used for large-scale AI training and inference.12

At a glance

Current role
Co-founder; co-creator of Ray
Company
Anyscale
Sources cited
2
Profile reviewed

Accomplishments

  • Co-founder; co-creator of Ray at Anyscale.1

Chips, infrastructure, and leadership

Co-created the Ray distributed computing framework as a UC Berkeley PhD student and co-founded Anyscale to commercialize it; Ray is widely used for large-scale AI training and inference.12

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References

2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026

  1. Robert Nishihara — websiteRobert Nishihara · Official page · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  2. https://www.anyscale.com/press/founders-of-open-source-project-ray-launch-anyscale-with-usd-20-6m-in-funding-to-democratize-distributed-progSource · accessed Oct 24, 2026