# Pieter Abbeel: person

Canonical ID: `c95d23c1-84f6-4e46-aa30-694bb5c356d4`

Co-founder of Covariant and professor at UC Berkeley; joined Amazon in August 2024 when Amazon licensed Covariant's models and hired several of its founders. PhD from Stanford.

- **Nationality:** Belgian
- **Verification posture:** reported

## Current roles (1)

- [Amazon](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/amazon.md) Joined via Covariant license-and-hire (2024) (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Covariant](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/covariant.md) (cofounder) _no longer at company_

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Covariant](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/covariant.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Education (1)

- Stanford University PhD, Computer Science

## Sources (1)

1. https://covariant.ai


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