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Andreas Köpf

Also known as Andreas Kopf

Andreas Köpf is an AI builder whose work spans PyTorch, open language-model projects and robot learning. He began at PROVISIO in 1998, served as a software engineer, chief software architect and CEO/Managing Partner for over twenty years, and founded robotics and computer-vision startup Xamla in 2014. He co-authored the PyTorch paper in 2019 and co-founded OpenAssistant, co-authoring its 2023 language-model alignment paper. His 2024 GPU Mode lecture covered Ring Attention, and Reasoning Gym received a NeurIPS Spotlight in 2025. As of October 2026, he leads Open-Thought and co-founds Roboteur, a Münster robotics startup building a two-armed household robot that learns from human demonstrations.

Now at
PROVISIO, Open-Thought and Roboteur
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Timeline

  1. Since 1998

    Career at PROVISIO

    His career begins at PROVISIO in 1998. He serves for over twenty years as Software Engineer, Chief Software Architect, and CEO/Managing Partner, and remains an indirect co-owner.

  2. 2014

    Founding Xamla

    He founds Xamla, a robotics and computer-vision startup, in 2014.

  3. 2019

    The PyTorch paper

    He co-authors the PyTorch paper in 2019, which describes an imperative, Pythonic deep-learning library that supports GPUs.

  4. By 2023

    OpenAssistant's alignment corpus

    By 2023, he is an OpenAssistant co-founder and co-authors the OpenAssistant Conversations paper, which releases a human-generated, human-annotated corpus of 161,443 messages for language-model alignment.

  5. 2024

    Ring Attention at GPU Mode

    In 2024, he is an AI engineer at Aleph Alpha and a co-founder of GPU Mode. On April 6, 2024, he presents GPU MODE Lecture 13 on Ring Attention.

  6. 2025

    Reasoning Gym

    In 2025, he co-authors Reasoning Gym, a library of over 100 data generators and verifiers for reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards; NeurIPS selects the work as a Spotlight.

  7. As of October 2026

    Leading Open-Thought and Roboteur

    As of October 2026, he leads Open-Thought and co-founds Roboteur, a Münster robotics startup building a two-armed household robot that learns from human demonstrations.

Career

  1. Since 2026RoboteurCo-founder
  2. Since 1998PROVISIOSoftware Engineer, Chief Software Architect, CEO/Managing Partner
  3. NowOpen-ThoughtLead
  4. From 2024Aleph AlphaAI Engineer
  5. From 2024GPU ModeCo-founder
  6. From 2014XamlaFounder
  7. OpenAssistantCo-founder

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Sources and credits

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  1. SPRIND | NFAI Jury Interview Andreas Köpf sprind.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. PyTorch: An Imperative Style, High-Performance Deep Learning Library proceedings.neurips.cc. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. [2304.07327] OpenAssistant Conversations -- Democratizing Large Language Model Alignment arxiv.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. GPU MODE Lecture 13: Ring Attention – Christian Mills christianjmills.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. [2505.24760] REASONING GYM: Reasoning Environments for Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards arxiv.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Studentische Aushilfe (m/w/d): Haushaltsaufgaben für einen Roboter vorführen – mit VR-Brille, 20 €/h in Münster gesucht stellenmarkt.fh-muenster.de. Checked 18 October 2026.