Reiner Pope

Reiner Pope is an experienced technology leader and entrepreneur, currently serving as the Founder and CEO of MatX since November 2022, focusing on the development of faster chips for large language models. Prior to this, Reiner was a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google Research from January 2019 to November 2022, where contributions included training Google's largest-scale Transformer models like PaLM and leading efforts in software/hardware efficiency. Reiner also held roles as Tech Lead and Architect, primarily responsible for the second generation of ML chips. Earlier experience includes positions at X, the moonshot factory, and Google, where Reiner significantly influenced large-scale machine learning systems, web development for Google Maps, and participated in educational roles at various institutions. Reiner earned a Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) in Mathematics from The Australian National University in 2011.