# Ian Glow

> Ian Glow is the co-founder and CEO of Zeromatter, a Mountain View-based simulation platform that lets robotics, aerospace, and autonomy teams build, test, and train anything in virtual environments. He previously helped pioneer Tesla's Autopilot simulation infrastructure - working as Manager of Autopilot Simulation - before striking out to democratize simulation tooling for the broader industry. Zeromatter has raised $45M and assembled a 75+ person team of engineers from Tesla, Cruise, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, Activision, and id Software.

- **Role:** CEO at Zeromatter
- **Organizations:** Zeromatter, Tesla, Microsoft
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Computer Science (inferred from engineering background and Java coursework repositories), University of Southern California
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Zeromatter, which raised $45M from investors including AE Industrial Partners, Brighton Park Capital, Generation Investment Management, and Linse Capital, Pioneered Autopilot simulation infrastructure at Tesla as Manager of Autopilot Simulation, Built a 75+ person team sourced from Tesla, Cruise, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, Activision, and id Software

## Career timeline

- **~2015-2018** — Attended University of Southern California; maintained GitHub repositories of Java and Assembly coursework (CSCI201, EE352, TCPDungeon)
- **~2018-2020** — Worked at Microsoft in a software engineering capacity
- **2020-09** — Joined Tesla as Manager of Autopilot Simulation, helping pioneer Tesla's simulation team
- **2022-04** — Departed Tesla after leading Autopilot simulation infrastructure
- **2022-11** — Incorporated Zeromatter Technologies Inc. in Delaware; headquartered in Mountain View, California
- **2024-04** — Zeromatter received investment from AE Industrial Partners (AE Ventures)
- **2024-06** — Zeromatter publicly announced the platform - 'one platform to build, test, and train anything'
- **2025** — Zeromatter reaches 75-85 employees and raises cumulative $45M in funding

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Zeromatter, which raised $45M from investors including AE Industrial Partners, Brighton Park Capital, Generation Investment Management, and Linse Capital
- Pioneered Autopilot simulation infrastructure at Tesla as Manager of Autopilot Simulation
- Built a 75+ person team sourced from Tesla, Cruise, Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, Activision, and id Software
- Created a platform serving six industries: autonomy, aerospace, automotive, agriculture, drones, and green energy
- Developed a sensor simulation framework covering cameras, LiDARs, radars, and ultrasonics at production fidelity

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Zeromatter reaches approximately 85 employees and continues hiring across ML engineering, 3D integration, and technical product management roles
- **2024-06** — Zeromatter publicly launches platform positioning as 'one platform to build, test, and train anything', backed by AE Industrial Partners, Generation Investment Management, and Brighton Park Capital
- **2024-04** — AE Industrial Partners invests in Zeromatter through their enterprise digital investment initiative

## Links

- Website: http://www.imglow.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianglow/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ianglow
- GitHub: https://github.com/NeverNotGlow

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Last updated: 2026-05-16