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#50Founder/CEOOpen Source AI & Platforms
Sara Hooker
Adaption Labs
Specialties
Deep LearningAI EthicsOpen Source AI
Location
USA/Canada
Education
PhD in Machine Learning, University of Oxford.
GitHub
~1K followers
Links & Profiles
"The Hardware Lottery, when a research idea wins because it's compatible with available hardware, not because it's the best idea."
Biography
Co-founder and CEO of Adaption Labs, which raised a $50M seed in early 2026. Formerly led Cohere for AI. Champion of efficient ML and responsible AI.
馃挕 My Take
Hooker's 'Hardware Lottery' is one of those papers that changes how you think about everything. It explains why certain AI approaches dominated, not because they were best, but because they fit available hardware. Essential reading for understanding why transformers won and what might come next.
Key Influence
Head of Cohere for AI research. 'The Hardware Lottery' paper reshaped how we think about AI progress and compute.