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# Andrew Konwinski

Andrew Konwinski is a computer scientist and investor who co-founded Databricks, Perplexity, Laude Institute and Laude Ventures. [1] [2]

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## Core facts

- **Entity type:** Person

- **Occupations:** computer scientist · Computer scientist, researcher and investor — [3] structured public data, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **Education:** PhD in Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley — [1] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **Official profile or website:** [andykonwinski.com](https://andykonwinski.com/) — [4] first-party, checked 22 Sept 2026

## Who is Andrew Konwinski?

Konwinski’s work spans distributed computing, data infrastructure and AI research. He contributed to Apache Hadoop and co-created Apache Mesos and Apache Spark during his graduate work at UC Berkeley. He later co-founded Databricks and Perplexity; Laude Ventures lists him as a co-founder and general partner. — [1] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026; [2] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

## History

- **2024:** Konwinski co-founded Laude Ventures in 2024. — [5] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

- **2025:** Konwinski delivered the commencement address at UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society in April 2025. — [5] first-party, checked 23 Sept 2026

## Relationships

- **develops:** [Perplexity AI](https://groundingwiki.com/en/organizations/perplexity-ai/index.md) — [6] structured public data, checked 22 Sept 2026

- **founded:** [Perplexity AI](https://groundingwiki.com/en/organizations/perplexity-ai/index.md) — [6] structured public data, checked 22 Sept 2026

## Sources
1. [Andy Konwinski // Laude Ventures](https://laude.vc/team/andy-konwinski)
   - Publisher: Laude Ventures
   - Type: first-party
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - Definition: "Laude lists Konwinski as a co-founder of Laude Ventures, Laude Institute, Databricks and Perplexity, and as a researcher and investor."
     - Education: "Laude states that Konwinski earned his PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley."
     - Who is Andrew Konwinski?: "Laude confirms his PhD in computer science at UC Berkeley, contributions to Hadoop, Mesos and Spark, and his Laude role."
2. [About Me \| Andy Konwinski](https://andykonwinski.com/about)
   - Publisher: Andy Konwinski
   - Type: first-party
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - Definition: "Konwinski’s biography identifies his co-founder roles at Databricks, Perplexity and Laude, and describes his research and investing work."
     - Who is Andrew Konwinski?: "His biography describes research in AI, data and systems, contributions to Hadoop, Mesos and Spark, and his Databricks and Perplexity co-founder roles."
3. [Andrew Konwinski — Wikidata](https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q102411021)
   - Publisher: Wikidata
   - Type: structured public data
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - Occupations: "Wikidata P106 names the occupations of Andrew Konwinski."
4. [Andy Konwinski \| Notes on AI, RL, systems, etc.](https://andykonwinski.com/)
   - Publisher: andykonwinski.com
   - Type: first-party
   - Checked: 22 Sept 2026
5. [Andy Konwinski ’07 \| Wisconsin Alumni Association](https://uwalumni.com/news/andy-konwinski)
   - Publisher: Wisconsin Alumni Association
   - Type: first-party
   - Checked: 23 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - 2024: "The Wisconsin Alumni Association’s 2025 profile says Konwinski co-founded Laude Ventures in 2024."
     - 2025: "The Wisconsin Alumni Association reports that he delivered the UC Berkeley college commencement address in April 2025."
6. [Perplexity AI — Wikidata](https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951)
   - Publisher: Wikidata
   - Type: structured public data
   - Checked: 22 Sept 2026
   - Evidence:
     - develops: "Wikidata P178 links Perplexity AI to Andrew Konwinski."
     - founded: "Wikidata P112 links Perplexity AI to Andrew Konwinski."

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