ZyphraFounder, Chairman and CEO
Nov 2022 — Present
Krithik Puthalath is founder, Chairman, and CEO of Zyphra, working on open foundation models and AI infrastructure. Previously, he worked in research and business development at Cambridge Quantum Computing, researched theoretical physics and spintronics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and worked on fuel cells and quantum computing at IBM Almaden. He holds a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and Materials Science from Illinois and left its theoretical and mathematical physics Ph.D. program before completion.
Krithik Puthalath is founder, Chairman, and CEO of Zyphra, working on open foundation models and AI infrastructure. Previously, he worked in research and business development at Cambridge Quantum Computing, researched theoretical physics and spintronics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and worked on fuel cells and quantum computing at IBM Almaden. He holds a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and Materials Science from Illinois and left its theoretical and mathematical physics Ph.D. program before completion.
Career
Cambridge Quantum ComputingResearch and Business Development
Jun 2018 — Jun 2020
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignResearch
Jun 2014 — Jun 2018
Theoretical physics and spintronics research.
IBMResearch
Oct 2015 — Oct 2016
Fuel cells and quantum computing in the Advanced Energy Group at Almaden.
Xerion Advanced Battery Corp.R&D Engineer
2015 — 2016
Research into materials for high-power-density batteries.