# Jay Dawani

> Jay Dawani is the co-founder and CEO of Lemurian Labs, which is developing Tachyon, a compiler and runtime for AI workloads across different hardware. His background spans AI, robotics and applied mathematics, leadership at BlocPlay and Geometric Energy Corporation, advising NASA Frontier Development Lab, and writing Hands-On Mathematics for Deep Learning.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Lemurian Labs
- **Organizations:** Lemurian Labs, BlocPlay Entertainment, Geometric Energy Corporation, NASA Frontier Development Lab, Packt Publishing, Spacebit, SiaClassic Foundation
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics, Western University
- **Known for:** Authored Hands-On Mathematics for Deep Learning, published by Packt in June 2020., Co-founded Lemurian Labs with Vassil Dimitrov., Led Lemurian through its announced $28 million Series A.

## Career timeline

- **2018** — Served as interim CTO of BlocPlay Entertainment.
- **2019** — Led research into collaborative robotics and multi-agent learning.
- **2020** — Packt published Hands-On Mathematics for Deep Learning in June.
- **2022** — Current official Lemurian biography dates its founding with Vassil Dimitrov to this year.
- **2023** — Lemurian announced $9 million in seed funding in October.
- **2025** — Lemurian announced a $28 million Series A on December 3, including earlier convertible securities.
- **2026** — Kim Polese joined Lemurian’s board and Saman Amarasinghe became technical advisor in March.

## Achievements

- Authored Hands-On Mathematics for Deep Learning, published by Packt in June 2020.
- Co-founded Lemurian Labs with Vassil Dimitrov.
- Led Lemurian through its announced $28 million Series A.
- Served as an AI advisor to NASA Frontier Development Lab.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Appeared on AI:AM on August 20 to discuss system-level compilation.
- **2026-08** — Discussed Tachyon and strategic pivots in a Pulse 2.0 interview published August 13.
- **2026-03** — Lemurian appointed Kim Polese to its board and Saman Amarasinghe as technical advisor on March 11.
- **2025-12** — Lemurian announced a $28 million Series A on December 3.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaydawani/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22