Sergey Karayev

Founder at Gradescope, Inc.

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Sergey Karayev builds AI-powered software as Co-Founder of Volition, a new product studio.
Sergey previously co-founded Gradescope, which enabled instructors to grade paper-based exams, online homework, and programming projects on one platform, with AI assistance.
Gradescope was acquired by Turnitin, where Sergey led development of AI for STEM.
Sergey has organized several popular courses taught online and at top universities such as UC Berkeley.
These include Full Stack Deep Learning, which helps people go from a promising ML experiment to a shipped product, and Research to Startup, which helps CS PhD students explore the startup path.
Sergey holds a Ph.D.
from UC Berkeley where he worked on deep learning for object recognition.
He is originally from Russia and currently lives in Seattle.

Sergey Karayev active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Gradescope, Inc. Gradescope, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gradescope, Inc. develops software that enables instructors to grade paper-based assignments and exams online and to provide feedback. It offers Gradescope, an application that helps instructors save time on grading. The company was founded by Sergey Karayev, Pieter Abbeel, Ibrahim Awwal, and Arjun Singh in 2014 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.	Founder	2013-12-31
GSV Ventures Management LLC GSV Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance GSV Ventures Management LLC (GSV Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of GSV Asset Management LLC founded in 2016 by Moe Michael Cohn. The firm headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Consultant / Advisor	2019-05-31

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Training of Sergey Karayev

University of California, Berkeley	Doctorate Degree
University of Washington	Undergraduate Degree

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Gradescope, Inc. Gradescope, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Gradescope, Inc. develops software that enables instructors to grade paper-based assignments and exams online and to provide feedback. It offers Gradescope, an application that helps instructors save time on grading. The company was founded by Sergey Karayev, Pieter Abbeel, Ibrahim Awwal, and Arjun Singh in 2014 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.	Technology Services
GSV Ventures Management LLC GSV Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance GSV Ventures Management LLC (GSV Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of GSV Asset Management LLC founded in 2016 by Moe Michael Cohn. The firm headquartered in San Francisco, California.	Finance