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Advancing machine learning technology with leading companies

Every semester we partner with companies to tackle unique machine learning challenges, and also host events with Berkeley’s wider CS/ML community.

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Partnerships

Ways to work with us

  • A Launchpad team at the Ford AV × Launchpad showcase

    Client projects

    An experienced team ships real work over a semester and you get a direct hiring pipeline. We deliver customized solutions with structured milestones and thorough documentation.

  • Members gathered around a table at a Launchpad event, mid-conversation

    Talks, dinners and recruiting events

    Dinners, talks and recruiting events with Berkeley's CS and ML community, with every piece of the logistics handled by us. We can fill a room with up to three hundred students, or keep it to a private networking session with our members.

Resume books and custom sponsorships are available alongside any of these.

Client work

What a client project looks like

Through industry partnerships our teams tackle meaningful machine learning challenges with experienced project leaders and members. We deliver customized solutions designed to fit your company's unique technical needs.

Past client projects

  • Annapurna Labs logo

    Annapurna Labs

    Enabling and optimizing fine-tuning on Trainium chips

  • Robust Intelligence logo

    Robust Intelligence

    Trained a foundation model for cybersecurity

  • Microsoft logo

    Microsoft

    Developed a harness for Copilot code completion

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  • EagleSens logo

    EagleSens

    Designing and training CV models for a novel image sensor

  • LeanLaw logo

    LeanLaw

    Develop an NLP model for a legal billing software company to answer client questions

  • HiddenLayer logo

    HiddenLayer

    Extract from black-boxed models and adversarially attack various architectures using replicated models.

  • Attune logo

    Attune

    Use different unsupervised/clustering models to detect anomalies in high-dimensional sensor data.

  • Lightspeed logo

    Lightspeed

    Artificially stain various cellular samples using cutting edge style transfer techniques.

  • AI Brain logo

    AI Brain

    Experiment on multi-agent reinforcement learning for playing the popular sport, soccer.

  • Arturo logo

    Arturo

    Apply Computer Vision techniques to improve tiny object detection on measuring roof debris and damage.

  • Tonal logo

    Tonal

    Post-workout image generation using generative adversarial networks.

  • Ford logo

    Ford

    Predicting driver behavior to improve rider experience in autonomous vehicles using kinematics and LSTMs.

Recruiting

Sponsorship

We are grateful for our sponsors who make our work possible! Sponsors get special recruiting access and Berkeley ML exposure, ranging from features on our recruiting materials to invite-only dinners. We're flexible on how sponsorship packages are scoped based on your needs.

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Past and present sponsors

  • Microsoft logo
  • Citadel logo
  • D. E. Shaw & Co. logo
  • Verkada logo
  • Jane Street logo
  • DeepLearning.AI logo
  • HRT logo
Rushil Saraf

Interested in working with us?

Rushil Saraf, External VP

rsaraf@berkeley.edu