Sooth LabsCo-founder and CEO
Jan 2026 — Present
Yaser Sheikh is co-founder and CEO of Sooth Labs, which builds AI for long-horizon forecasting, and a consulting professor at Carnegie Mellon University. At Meta from 2015 to 2025, he founded the Pittsburgh research lab and led work on Codec Avatars. His CMU research advanced machine perception through systems including OpenPose and the Panoptic Studio. He also advises Avataros, Nuance Labs, Nfinite and Gensyn.
Yaser Sheikh is co-founder and CEO of Sooth Labs, which builds AI for long-horizon forecasting, and a consulting professor at Carnegie Mellon University. At Meta from 2015 to 2025, he founded the Pittsburgh research lab and led work on Codec Avatars. His CMU research advanced machine perception through systems including OpenPose and the Panoptic Studio. He also advises Avataros, Nuance Labs, Nfinite and Gensyn.
Career
AvatarosAdvisor
Nov 2025 — Present
Nuance LabsAdvisor
Oct 2025 — Present
NfiniteAdvisor
Oct 2025 — Present
GensynAdvisor
May 2025 — Present
Carnegie Mellon UniversityConsulting Professor
Jun 2019 — Present
MetaVice President
Aug 2023 — Sep 2025
MetaDirector, Facebook Reality Labs Pittsburgh
Apr 2018 — Aug 2023
Carnegie Mellon UniversityAssociate Professor
May 2014 — May 2019
Oculus VRHead of Oculus Research Pittsburgh
Apr 2015 — Apr 2018
Carnegie Mellon UniversityAssistant Research Professor
Jun 2008 — Apr 2014
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow
May 2006 — May 2008