# Emmanouil (Manos) Koukoumidis

> Emmanouil (Manos) Koukoumidis is the CEO and co-founder of Oumi, working to make open AI development and specialized enterprise models more accessible. A Princeton PhD with research experience at MIT and SMART in Singapore, he worked on Microsoft’s conversational AI and Facebook’s Portal before leading Google Cloud’s PaLM effort. His career connects collaborative mobile systems, large-scale engineering coordination, and model ownership.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at Oumi
- **Organizations:** Oumi, Google Cloud, Facebook (Meta), Biscuit Labs, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), CERN, ICCS
- **Education:** Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, PhD; research in mobile-cloud intelligent systems co-design, Princeton University, Visiting research scholar, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; not a verified MIT degree, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-authored SignalGuru, a MobiSys 2011 best-paper award winner., Led the Google Cloud PaLM effort with a virtual team of more than 300 contributors across over 30 teams., Co-founded Oumi, which announced a $10 million seed round in January 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2009–2011** — Research at MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology on intelligent transportation systems.
- **2011** — SignalGuru, co-authored with Li-Shiuan Peh and Margaret Martonosi, receives a MobiSys best-paper award; completes Princeton PhD.
- **2012–2017** — Works at Microsoft on applied science and conversational AI, including Cortana and Zo.
- **—** — Works at Facebook on Portal Assistant and integrity, and at Biscuit Labs.
- **2023** — Leads Google Cloud’s Cloud PaLM effort to general availability in May; continues contributing after the effort moves to DeepMind as Gemini.
- **2024** — Begins building Oumi with co-founders; January 2025 launch post describes eight months of work.
- **2025** — Oumi publicly launches its open-source platform and announces a $10 million seed round in January.
- **2026** — Oumi launches its commercial custom-model platform on March 31 and holds its compounding-AI event on August 11.

## Achievements

- Co-authored SignalGuru, a MobiSys 2011 best-paper award winner.
- Led the Google Cloud PaLM effort with a virtual team of more than 300 contributors across over 30 teams.
- Co-founded Oumi, which announced a $10 million seed round in January 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Oumi launched its commercial platform for custom AI models on March 31.
- **2026-08** — Oumi held its Get Ready to Compound Your AI virtual launch event on August 11.
- **2026-11** — Scheduled to appear at Slush 2026; the event is upcoming as of October 14, 2026.

## Links

- Website: https://www.koukoumidis.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/koukoumidis/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Koukoumidis

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