Henrik Holst
Co-Founder at AB Swiftstrike AI
Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolHenrik Holst is a co-founder and seasoned software engineer with 12 years building AI, cloud and distributed systems from research-grade numerical methods to battlefield-grade ML products. Based in Greater Stockholm, he blends deep academic training (Tech Dr/MSc in Numerical Analysis from KTH) with hands-on roles at NVIDIA, EA/SEED and COMSOL, delivering GPU-accelerated solutions, distributed training pipelines and high-performance numerical code. He co-founded Omnimodular to productize cloud ML services and recently launched Swiftstrike AI focused on life‑saving applications in contested environments. A pragmatic backend contributor to the V programming language, Henrik routinely fixes low-level bugs spanning networking, OS integration and timing—evidence of his systems-level fluency beyond typical ML roles. Known for translating complex research into production-grade software, he bridges algorithmic depth with practical engineering and entrepreneurial drive.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Tech Dr Numerical Analysis, Tech Dr Numerical Analysis at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMathematics Computer Science, Mathematics Computer Science at Stockholm University
English, Swedish
Github Skills (14)
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networking9
osdev9
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algorithms8
data-structures8
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Programming languages (33)
Github contributions (5)
vlang/v
Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 12 PRs, 77 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Henrik primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the V programming language codebase. Their work included addressing issues related to network functionality in TCP listeners, fixing syntax errors in test files, correcting a function for Levenshtein distance calculation, and resolving problems with OS-level command execution and path joining. They also worked on time-related issues, specifically fixing the string representation of negative durations.
compiled-languageprogramming-languagecompiler
omnimodular/invoice-spec
Feb 2022 - Mar 2026
Contributions:2 releases, 3 reviews, 15 PRs in 4 years 1 month
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