Boson AI

What is Boson AI?

Boson AI is an early-stage generative AI startup founded in 2023 by Dr. Alex Smola (30 years in ML, ex-AWS, Carnegie Mellon, Google Research) and Dr. Mu Li (ex-Principal Scientist at AWS), headquartered in Santa Clara, California with a research office in Toronto and a datacenter in Barrie, Ontario. The company builds high-quality generative AI models focused on large audio models and language, with products spanning advanced natural language processing, rich emotional voice synthesis, multi-speaker dialog generation, and promptable audio generation including sound effects. Boson AI's vision is to make communication with machines as easy, natural, and enjoyable as human interaction, creating immersive, context-aware, and interactive AI experiences. The team of approximately 30 professionals possesses expertise across research, engineering, product, design, and operations, and the co-founders co-authored the influential book "Dive into Deep Learning." The company offers remote work opportunities across various roles.

Qualifications

For data annotation and quality control roles, no formal degree is required — attention to detail, the ability to follow guidelines, and language proficiency in the target language are essential. Native-level fluency in the target language is required for language-specific annotation, QC, and crawling roles. For engineering and research positions, a Master's or Doctoral degree in computer science or a related field is typically expected, along with proficiency in deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or JAX. Experience with distributed training or inference, CUDA, Triton, and distributed optimization is valued for technical roles. The company leverages state-of-the-art GPU infrastructure for large language model training and fine-tuning. Remote positions are available, and the company values practical skills and demonstrated expertise across all levels.

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