Overview
Hugo Shi is the founder of Saturn Cloud [1][2]. Shi holds a B.S. in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley [9] and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan [8]. Shi has spent over 15 years building and operating large-scale data science and machine learning systems in Python [2]. Prior to founding Saturn Cloud in April 2019 [3], Shi worked as a Quantitative Analyst at Chicago Trading Company [7], as a Scientific Software Developer at JP Morgan and Enthought [6], and as a Co-Founder at Anaconda, Inc. [5]. Shi also served as a Quantitative Researcher and Developer at Teza Technologies [4]. Saturn Cloud operates as a platform layer installed on top of GPU cloud providers to run distributed training, notebooks, pipelines, and production workflows [2].
Profile introduction
I'm Hugo Shi, CTO & Founder of Saturn Cloud. For 15+ years I've built and operated large-scale data science and machine learning systems in Python. Today, my focus is helping ML/AI teams run training, inference, and experimentation on any GPU cloud with far less operational overhead. Saturn Cloud is not a GPU cloud provider. We’re the platform layer teams install on top of clouds like Nebius, Crusoe, CoreWeave, and others to run distributed training, notebooks, pipelines, and production workflows securely and efficiently. Because of this, I spend a lot of time evaluating GPU cloud performan…
Career history
- FounderApr 2019 to presentSaturn Cloud
- Quantitative Researcher and DeveloperMar 2015 to Jun 2018Teza Technologies
- Co-FounderDec 2011 to Mar 2015Anaconda, Inc.
- Scientific Software DeveloperAug 2010 to Mar 2012JP Morgan / Enthought
- Quantitative AnalystAug 2008 to Aug 2010Chicago Trading Company
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering2003 - 2008University of Michigan
B.S., EECS1999 - 2003University of California, Berkeley
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