# Factored

> Factored is an AI and data engineering services company that embeds specialized engineers in client teams. Founded in 2019 by Israel Niezen with co-founding advisor Andrew Ng, it combines technical screening, ongoing development, and production delivery across AI, machine learning, data science, data engineering, and analytics.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Mountain View, United States
- **Founders:** Israel Niezen (CEO and co-founder), Andrew Ng (Co-founding advisor), Chenyi Shi (Co-founder (listed by Crunchbase; absent from current company leadership page))
- **Products:** AI engineering, Machine learning engineering, Data science, Data engineering, Data analytics
- **Notable:** Company currently reports 500+ specialized engineers., Contributed to The People’s Speech open dataset with MLCommons., Contributed to DataPerf benchmarking research.

## Products & services

- **AI engineering** — Custom AI applications, agents, retrieval systems, evaluation, and secure integration.
- **Machine learning engineering** — Model development, deployment, monitoring, and production systems.
- **Data science** — Forecasting, experimentation, risk modeling, and decision support.
- **Data engineering** — Data platforms, pipelines, orchestration, modernization, and governance.
- **Data analytics** — Business intelligence, dashboards, KPI frameworks, and self-service analytics.
- **Embedded engineering teams** — Specialists work in client environments and time zones, supported by Factored technical development.

## Achievements

- Company currently reports 500+ specialized engineers.
- Contributed to The People’s Speech open dataset with MLCommons.
- Contributed to DataPerf benchmarking research.
- Company reports contribution to PRISM, a NeurIPS 2024 Datasets and Benchmarks best paper.
- Muck Rack case reports migration of 43 tasks into 46 dbt models with numerical parity before cutover.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Observed current website positions Factored around forward-deployed AI and data engineering; this is an observation date, not an announcement date.
- **2026** — Company says Nerdapalooza expanded to Santa Marta, Colombia, and Florianópolis, Brazil.
- **2026** — Company research page lists a CVPR 2026 Best Short Paper recognition for Beyond OCR Accuracy.

## Links

- Website: https://www.factored.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/factoredai/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/factoredai
- GitHub: https://github.com/factoredai
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@factoredAI
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/factored.ai/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FactoredCompany

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Last updated: 2026-10-25