Chris Van Pelt
Chris Van Pelt is an engineer and founder who builds tools that help developers create better with AI. He attended Hope College in 2004 and worked as a technical product manager at PowerSet in 2006–2007. He co-founded CrowdFlower with Lukas Biewald; the company launched at TechCrunch50 in 2009, and its contributors completed one billion judgments by 2013. He co-founded Weights & Biases with Lukas Biewald and Shawn Lewis in 2017. He served as Chief Information Security Officer at Weights & Biases in May 2025; as of October 2026, he is a Distinguished Engineer at CoreWeave.
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Timeline
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2004
Hope College
He attends Hope College in 2004.
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2006–2007
Product manager at PowerSet
He works as a technical product manager at PowerSet in 2006–2007.
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2009
Co-founding CrowdFlower
He co-founds CrowdFlower with Lukas Biewald, and the company launches at TechCrunch50 in 2009.
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2013
One billion judgments
CrowdFlower reports in 2013 that its contributors have completed one billion judgments on its crowdsourcing platform.
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2017
Co-founding Weights & Biases
He co-founds Weights & Biases with Lukas Biewald and Shawn Lewis in 2017.
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May 2025
CISO at Weights & Biases
He serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Weights & Biases in May 2025.
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As of October 2026
Distinguished Engineer at CoreWeave
He is a Distinguished Engineer at CoreWeave, where he builds tools that help developers create better with AI.
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