Timothy Kassis
Co-Founder & CTO at Slipstream
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolTimothy Kassis is a multidisciplinary engineer and entrepreneur with a decade of experience building AI-driven bioengineering solutions at the intersection of biology, computation, and hardware. As Co-Founder & CTO of K-Dense Inc. and former Head of AI at multiple startups, he blends hands-on machine learning leadership with deep academic training (PhD in Bioengineering, postdoc at MIT) to translate scientific problems into product-ready systems. He has led teams from prototyping computer vision and NLP research tools to deploying robust AI pipelines for life sciences, and advises early-stage companies on technical strategy. Fluent in the languages of business, medicine, science, and engineering, he is based in Palo Alto and brings an unusual mix of wet-lab insight and production ML experience to bridge research and commercialization.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Postdoc, Biological Engineering, Postdoc, Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bioengineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronic and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronic and Communications Engineering at University of Nottingham
English, Arabic
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Github Skills (166)
transformers10
anomaly-detection10
python10
attention-mechanism10
databases10
regression10
deep-learning10
speech10
clinical-research10
genomics10
computational-biology10
scientific-computing10
operating-system10
convolutional-neural-networks10
robotics10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Oct 2025 - Jul 2026
Turn any AI agent into an AI Scientist. The #1 Agent Skills library for science, used by 190,000+ scientists worldwide. 165 ready-to-use validated skills plus 100+ scientific databases covering biology, chemistry, medicine, and drug discovery. Compatible with Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Pi, Antigravity, and the open Agent Skills standard.
Contributions:16 reviews, 2 PRs, 156 pushes in 8 months
aiai-agentclaudedatabasedatabases
TKassis/OrgaQuant
Oct 2018 - Jan 2022
Organoid Localization and Quantification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks
Contributions:2 releases, 37 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years 4 months
convolutional-neural-networkslocalizationorganoidskeras-retinanetbiology
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