Michele (pirroh) Catasta

Michele (pirroh) Catasta is the Vice President of AI at Replit, where he leads artificial intelligence initiatives to empower a community of over 22 million software creators. In this executive role, he directs the development of multibillion parameter large language models through initiatives like Replit ModelFarm to advance artificial intelligence for code generation. Prior to his current position, Catasta served as the Head of Applied Research at Google Labs and Google X, blending his expertise across big tech and startup environments. His extensive academic and professional background includes working as a Research Scientist in artificial intelligence at Stanford University and participating as a founding team member at the semantic web startup Sindice. He holds a doctorate in Computer Science from EPFL, alongside bachelor and master degrees in the same discipline, underscoring his deep commitment to advancing global software development.