Before moving to Seattle to be closer to the gorgeous mountains, especially the Cascades, I spent most of my life in Israel. I grew up in a small town that nobody has heard of, called Jerusalem, but after a short stint in Alaska I learned that what really matters is being close to nature. I love mountains and don't ever have to suffer through hot summers again.

Growing up I always thought the technical stuff wasn't really for me, and that I wasn't very good at it. After spending a gap year studying philosophy and literature, I decided that it makes the most sense to study what I was worst at, so I went to the Technion (the self-proclaimed MIT of Israel). I was absolutely sure I would be a complete underdog, and didn't realize that I didn't suck at math until I somehow topped my class in the first year.

This led me on a path to discover I loved probability, statistics, data, and machine learning. I spent the next several years studying and researching these topics, and eventually found myself at Microsoft, where I worked on applied research. This was extremely lucky, since I happened to be perfectly positioned for the emerging field of LLMs. I was (and am) fascinated by the potential of these models, and how they could be used in real-world applications.

Seeing how fast things were moving in the world (especially compared to corporate environments), I decided I wanted to run off and build something myself. I co-founded Simply-Useful, a company trying to bring the gained utility to non-technical people. Currently I'm figuring out what the next thing to build is, and how to make it useful for people. I love building things, and I love seeing them used in the real world.

Away from the keyboard (or sometimes microphone button nowadays) I'm obviously into nature - hiking, skiing/snowboarding, etc. I'm also on my way to being a polyglot: English and Hebrew are native, and I get by in Spanish and Levantine Arabic. Still determining what the fifth will be.