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Lin Qiao

Co-founder and CEO of Fireworks AI; previously head of PyTorch at Meta

Lin Qiao is a co-founder and the CEO of Fireworks AI, whose founding team brings experience from PyTorch, Meta and Google. Before Fireworks AI, Qiao was head of PyTorch at Meta.12

Career

Qiao previously led PyTorch at Meta. Qiao co-founded Fireworks AI with Benny Chen, Chenyu Zhao, Dmytro Dzhulgakov, Dmytro Ivchenko, James Reed and Pawel Garbacki, and serves as the company's CEO. The agenda for Forge 2026, the company's first conference, lists Qiao as CEO and co-founder for the opening keynote and a fireside chat with NVIDIA's Jensen Huang.12

Work

  • Fireworks AI (external site: fireworks.ai)Proprietary product

    Co-founded Fireworks AI and leads it as CEO, alongside a founding team that includes former PyTorch maintainers and engineering leads from Meta and Google.1

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  • Head of PyTorch (past), Meta1

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References · reviewed Oct 22, 2026

  1. 1.
    Fireworks AI — Meet the Founding Team (external site: fireworks.ai)

    Fireworks AI · Official page · accessed Oct 22, 2026

  2. 2.
    Forge 2026 — Agenda (external site: fireworks.ai)

    Fireworks AI · Official page · accessed Oct 22, 2026

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