# Michael Tso

> Michael Tso is co-founder and CEO of Cloudian, the San Mateo-based enterprise object-storage and AI data-platform company. An MIT-trained engineer with 36 patents listed in his company biography, he previously worked at Intel and Inktomi and co-founded Gemini Mobile Technologies. His career connects mobile messaging, distributed systems and an argument for bringing computing closer to large datasets.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Cloudian Inc
- **Organizations:** Cloudian Inc, Gemini Mobile Technologies, Inktomi, Intel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Education:** MS in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS in Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS in Electrical Engineering; minor in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Cloudian, an enterprise object-storage and AI data-platform company., Holds 36 patents, according to his current Cloudian biography., Collaborated with Nokia on SmartMessaging at Intel, enabling SMS ringtone downloads.

## Career timeline

- **1993** — Graduated from MIT; studied parallel computing and distributed systems with William Dally, Greg Papadopoulos and David Clark.
- **After 1993; exact dates unverified** — Worked at Intel Architecture Lab on synchronization and web acceleration; collaborated with Nokia on SmartMessaging.
- **Before 2001; exact dates unverified** — Led e-commerce search engineering at Inktomi and designed a congestion-control system for KDDI.
- **2000** — Met Hiroshi Ohta, who was addressing traffic spikes in photo messaging.
- **2001** — Co-founded Gemini Mobile Technologies, a supplier of mobile messaging infrastructure.
- **Late 2000s–early 2010s** — Helped Gemini navigate a telecom spending downturn and a transition toward distributed object storage.
- **2011** — Cloudian took shape with Tso and Hiroshi Ohta as co-founders; Tso confirms the founding year in his Disrupting Japan interview.
- **2012** — Cloudian launched out of Gemini Mobile Technologies, as described by MIT News.
- **2025** — Discussed expanding Cloudian into data processing for AI; HyperScale AI Data Platform reached general availability in November.
- **2026** — Continues as Cloudian CEO as HyperStore gains NVIDIA-Certified Storage designation and HyperScale AIDP expands.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Cloudian, an enterprise object-storage and AI data-platform company.
- Holds 36 patents, according to his current Cloudian biography.
- Collaborated with Nokia on SmartMessaging at Intel, enabling SMS ringtone downloads.
- Led e-commerce search-engine engineering at Inktomi and designed a KDDI congestion-control system that his company biography describes as an industry standard.
- Co-founded Gemini Mobile Technologies, which supplied messaging infrastructure to telecom operators including Vodafone.
- Led Cloudian during its expansion into on-premises enterprise AI and its 2026 Foundation-level NVIDIA-Certified Storage designation for HyperStore 8.2.6.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Cloudian announced Samsung PM1753 enterprise SSD validation for HyperStore on September 22.
- **2026-06** — Cloudian announced HyperScale AIDP v1.1 on June 9, with broader data ingestion, document and video AI blueprint support, and security enhancements.
- **2026-06** — Cloudian announced support plans for NVIDIA Vera BlueField-4 STX and DOCA-powered security on June 1, with availability aligned to the broader NVIDIA platform.
- **2026-03** — Cloudian announced Foundation-level NVIDIA-Certified Storage designation for HyperStore 8.2.6 on March 16.
- **2025-11** — Cloudian announced general availability of HyperScale AI Data Platform on November 18.

## Links

- Website: https://cloudian.com/staff/michael-tso/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeltso
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MichaelTso
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michaelmtso

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Last updated: 2026-10-21