Mrinal Iyer

Mrinal Iyer is a seasoned engineering professional with extensive experience in AI and advanced computing. Currently serving as a Founding Engineer at Essential AI since April 2023, Mrinal focuses on re-imagining the Enterprise LLM stack. Prior to this, roles included AI Performance at Modular and Director of Engineering at Graphcore, where leadership involved developing models across various domains and competing in MLPerf submissions. Earlier experience includes roles at Intel Corporation, focusing on hardware accelerators for deep learning, and positions as a research assistant at the University of Michigan. Mrinal Iyer holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan and a B.Tech in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from IIT Madras.