PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, United States

D. E. Shaw & Co.

Statistics

People here now
0
People ever
6
Full moves in and out
2 in, 3 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 6 people shaping AI have worked at D. E. Shaw & Co., all as former affiliations with no current roles recorded. By all-time headcount, D. E. Shaw & Co. is tied for 100th among 3,344 companies (tied for 808th of 8,827 organizations overall). “Reinforcement learning, agents and planning” and “Theory, statistics and optimization” lead 4 areas of expertise (2 each of 6 people with profile topics). Dated work records span from 1990 to 2011. Across dated career transitions, we record 2 full moves in and 3 out.

Scale AI shares the largest career overlap with D. E. Shaw & Co., at 2 of 6 people with work records elsewhere.Organizations where people with work records at D. E. Shaw & Co. also worked at any time in their careers (6 people across 19 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at D. E. Shaw & Co. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Scale AI2
Amazon1
AT&T1
Barnard College1
Blue Origin1

People here now

We have no evidence of a current role here. Our last dated work record here ended in 2011. All 6 people associated with D. E. Shaw & Co. appear under former affiliations below.

People with former affiliations

We record 6 people who formerly worked at D. E. Shaw & Co. 6 of the 6 have a recorded current role at another organization.