Jure Leskovec

Jure Leskovec is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kumo AI, an enterprise artificial intelligence platform based in Palo Alto, California. Alongside his entrepreneurial ventures, he serves as a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, having previously held research positions at Carnegie Mellon University and Cornell University. A recognized authority in machine learning and graph algorithms, Leskovec was named an ACM Fellow in 2022 and has accumulated over 50,000 citations with an h-index exceeding 100. In March 2023, he led Kumo AI out of stealth mode, securing a $12 million Series A funding round spearheaded by Madrona Venture Group to scale its operations. His career consistently bridges rigorous academic research and commercial application, focusing heavily on the development of graph neural networks and advanced data platforms for modern enterprise environments.