Meet Richard Socher, Co-Founder of You.com.
The fourth most-cited researcher in natural language processing.
At the forefront of AI since 2014.
Richard Socher has spent his entire career pushing the boundaries of AI, shaping the field through research and innovation.
Today he continues to explore AI’s endless possibilities, but with a clear goal of accelerating AI’s positive impact for enterprises worldwide.
From Stanford to Salesforce to You.com.
From his early days at Stanford through Salesforce to You.com, Richard has always kept his focus on translating AI research into real-world impact, driving several breakthroughs along the way.
Stanford research pioneered deep learning + NLP with Nvidia GPUs
Socher appointed Chief Scientist to lead AI at Salseforce
Revolutionized NLP and search with contextualised word vectors
First to incorporate GenAI in search — patent pending
First LLM fully connected to the web for real-time knowledge
LLM Firsts: Personalization, with a full Web API
Launches LLM selection and multi-modal input
Pioneering the future of natural language processing.
With over 215,000 citations, Richard is the fourth most-cited researcher in natural language processing and has served as an adjunct professor at Stanford.
His pioneering work has led to the invention of foundational technologies such as word vectors, contextual embeddings, and prompt engineering — tools that continue to define how machines understand human language.
Helping enterprise teams innovate faster.
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