Inside Ople – Pavel Bourdykine

At Ople, we want users to experience the benefits of AI and leave the data science specifics to us. Our platform continues to make ubiquitous AI a reality and would not be possible without our world-class team of machine learning experts, data scientists, and engineers. Leading our engineering excellence is Pavel Bourdykine, Ople’s VP of
Read MoreInside Ople – Why Ople is a great place to work

Ople is different. We all share the same passion and the goal of making Artificial Intelligence easy, cheap, and ubiquitous. Yes, there are many other companies that are made up of members who share the same passion and goal. But, Ople is different. We are different. We are a culture-driven company, and the most important
Read MoreInside Ople – Nahid Alam

Having already founded a start-up and worked in Venture Capital, Nahid Alam has joined Ople, bringing even more diverse experience to the Ople team. With a strong software and machine learning background, Nahid joined the team as Lead Software Engineer with the primary responsibility of implementing new machine learning algorithms in the Ople platform. Tell
Read MoreOple scales!

We have been expanding rapidly since our Series A. The team expanded so fast that we had no more desks to sit people and have meetings. Because openness is a huge part of our culture, it took us a long time to find the perfect place that has an open space. After a long search
Read MoreInside Ople – Bradley Simmons

“Extensibility” may be the biggest challenge that Bradley needs to solve at Ople. Ultimately, we want Ople’s AI platform to be accessible to anyone with a specific Data Science challenge. For this, the platform must have flawless extensibility. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Western University.
Read MoreInside Ople – Hugh Shao

“We need to hire him.” This is what Petr said immediately after his phone call with Hugh. Hugh was the first and the only person who successfully answered Petr’s infamous linear regression interview question. Similarly, Hugh knew that he needed to work at Ople. After the interviews, Hugh shared that he never experienced interview questions
Read MoreInside Ople – Sam Gluss

Every start-up faces growing pains, but, a successful company brings each member’s experience together to overcome the challenges. That’s why the willingness to learn is a significant characteristic of people at Ople. We want everyone to be comfortable learning new things, and Sam Gluss is a true learner, bringing a wide range of experience to
Read MoreIt is always/never the right time.

There will always be reasons for you not to do something big in your life. I was a grad student at Yale at the time and was happily married to my wonderful wife when one day she said, “let’s have a baby.” This was not out of the blue. We had been talking about this
Read MoreIt’s Friday Again – Are You Looking Forward To Work On Monday?

As I was driving in my car on a Friday morning, I was thinking about the expression, “Thank God it’s Friday.” I kept thinking about that phrase over and over, and it wasn’t resonating with me. The truth is, immediately before I had thought about that expression, what was really going through my head was,
Read MoreInside Ople – Sergei Bernadsky

When you first meet Sergei, you may find him very calm and pleasant, which he is most of the time. But when it comes to Machine Learning and Foosball, you will be faced with a very different person. We call him Sergio. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I graduated with a Master’s degree
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