Stephen Cohen (entrepreneur)

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  • Comment: Hi there. We need more reliable sources that aren't connected to Stanford or Cohen. Perhaps newspaper and magazine articles? Sarah (talk) 00:07, 4 May 2012 (UTC)
  • Comment: Once more, we need reliable sources. Blogs and generic links (like review like for the archives is a generic link, there is no context) don't count. Sarah (talk) 21:34, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Stephen Cohen
Born (1982-09-30) September 30, 1982 (age 42)
Alma materStanford University
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, EVP
Known forCo-founder and EVP at Palantir

Stephen Cohen (born Sept 30, 1982) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known as a founder of Palantir Technologies[1][2], a platform for analyzing integration and visualizing data used by governments and financial organizations[3][4]. Previously to Palantir, Cohen worked with Peter Thiel at Clarium Capital[1]. He also served as an advisor to Backtype prior to its acquisition by Twitter in 2011[5].

Education

Cohen graduated Stanford University with a BS in computer science in 2003. While at Stanford he focused on machine learning, artificial intelligence and natural language processing and did research with professor Andrew Ng, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab. [6] Cohen was an active contributor to the Stanford Review, an independently run student newspaper, and took over as Editor In Chief[7] in his senior year.

References

  1. ^ a b "Palantir Technologies: Revealed". Business Insider. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  2. ^ Gorman, Siobhan (2009-09-04). "How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  3. ^ "Super Crunchers". Forbes.com. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  4. ^ Vance, Ashlee (2011-11-22). "Palantir, the War on Terror's Secret Weapon". Businessweek. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  5. ^ "BackType". Blog.backtype.com. 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  6. ^ "Andrew Ng's homepage". Cs.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  7. ^ "Stanford Review [v2.0] - Archive - Volume XXIX - Issue 1 - Opinion". Stanfordreview.org. Retrieved 2012-05-26.