Computing Startup Seminar Series: PhD Student Startup Panel

Event Type

Seminar/Symposium

Sponsor

CS 591 UP

Location

0216 Siebel Center (with refreshments!)

Virtual

Join online

Date

Oct 28, 2025   11:00 am - 12:15 pm  

Speaker

Nathan Arnold, Akul Goyal, and Andy Zou

Contact

Brighten Godfrey

E-Mail

pbg@illinois.edu

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Originating Calendar

Siebel School Speakers Calendar

Description: Join us for a special session of the Computing Startup Seminar featuring current PhD students launching startups!  We have a panel with three exciting speakers:

• Nathan Arnold, UIUC Physics; co-founder and CEO, Photon Queue – memory for quantum computers

• Akul Goyal, UIUC School of Computing and Data Science; founder, Provenance Security – redefining how security data is represented to provide context to LLM-driven automation

• Andy Zou, Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Department; co-founder and CTO, GreySwan – safety and security for the AI era

The panel will discuss the process of doing a startup as a PhD student – what’s the right moment to make the jump to a startup, balancing research and commercialization, how doing a PhD helped prepare for a startup and what it didn’t prepare you for, and more. Join us for a lively discussion!

Zoom Link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83796623621?pwd=aaYT5KXIWXQfkKPZbNb62cZoY1ahaE.1 

Meeting ID: 837 9662 3621

Password: 814236