Paul Gauthier

Biography

Paul is currently active as a board member, investor and advisor to technology companies and has previously founded companies focused on Internet search and e-commerce. As the Chief Technology Officer of Inktomi and Groupon, he guided their engineering organizations through explosive growth and Initial Public Offerings. Recently Paul has been building Aider, a leading AI coding tool. Paul studied Computer Science in the PhD program of the University of California, Berkeley, holds a Masters Degree from the University of Washington, a Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University and Honorary Doctorates from Saint Mary's University and Dalhousie University. He is an inventor of patents related to search, cloud, e-commerce, 3D, augmented reality and AI. Paul is originally from Nova Scotia, Canada and currently resides in Santa Barbara, California. He supports education and environmental conservation through philanthropic efforts in both locations.

Honors

Honorary Doctorate, Saint Mary's University

Honorary Doctorate, Dalhousie University 

Education

MS, University of Washington

PhD Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley