# Abraham Heifets

> Abraham Heifets is a computer scientist and founder whose work spans robotic soccer, high-performance software at IBM, computational chemistry research, and company building. He co-founded Atomwise, now listed as Numerion Labs, and currently leads WonderTx. He holds computer science degrees from Cornell and a PhD from the University of Toronto.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at WonderTx
- **Organizations:** WonderTx, Atomwise / Numerion Labs, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, University of Toronto, Cornell University
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, Cornell University, MEng, Computer Science, Cornell University, PhD, Computer Science, University of Toronto
- **Known for:** Led AI work for a championship-winning Cornell robotic soccer team., Co-authored XML Screamer, nominated for a Best Paper Award according to his academic website., Placed second in Ontario’s 2013 Three Minute Thesis competition.

## Career timeline

- **1999-2000** — Led AI work for Cornell’s championship-winning robotic soccer team.
- **2003-2007** — Worked as a staff software engineer at IBM, researching high-performance data processing.
- **2006** — Co-authored the XML Screamer paper.
- **2008** — Began doctoral study at the University of Toronto, supervised by Igor Jurisica.
- **2012** — Co-founded Atomwise with Izhar Wallach and participated in the Impact Centre’s Techno program.
- **2013** — Placed second in the inaugural Ontario Three Minute Thesis competition.
- **2014** — Completed his University of Toronto computer science PhD.
- **2015** — Atomwise joined Y Combinator’s Winter batch; the company moved to the San Francisco Bay Area.
- **2026** — Listed as founder and CEO of WonderTx, a Y Combinator Summer 2026 company.

## Achievements

- Led AI work for a championship-winning Cornell robotic soccer team.
- Co-authored XML Screamer, nominated for a Best Paper Award according to his academic website.
- Placed second in Ontario’s 2013 Three Minute Thesis competition.
- Co-developed a chemistry solver using proof-number search with Igor Jurisica.
- Inventor on 15 patents and applications, according to his founder biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Current Y Combinator records list Heifets as founder and CEO of WonderTx, in the Summer 2026 batch, and as a former founder of Numerion Labs.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~aheifets/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abrahamheifets
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AbeHeifets
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abraham.heifets

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Last updated: 2026-10-12