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Dawood Khan

Dawood Khan is an AI builder whose work on Gradio helped researchers share machine-learning demos with colleagues. He graduated in computer science from New York University and worked as an iOS engineer before helping release Gradio's first version in 2019. He coauthored the 2019 Gradio paper and a 2020 paper on MolDesigner, a deep-learning interface for drug design. Hugging Face acquired Gradio in 2021, and as of October 2026 Khan is a machine-learning engineer there.

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Timeline

  1. 2019

    The first Gradio release

    After graduating in computer science from New York University and working as an iOS engineer, he helps release Gradio's first version with his fellow cofounders in 2019.

  2. 2019

    A paper for model sharing

    He coauthors the 2019 Gradio paper, which describes an open-source Python package that gives researchers a visual interface for machine-learning models.

  3. 2020

    Designing drugs with deep learning

    In 2020, he coauthors MolDesigner, an interactive web interface that helps drug developers use deep-learning predictions to design more effective drugs.

  4. 2021

    Gradio joins Hugging Face

    In 2021, Hugging Face acquires Gradio, where Khan is a cofounder of a tool for building user interfaces around machine-learning models.

  5. As of October 2026

    Machine-learning engineer at Hugging Face

    As of October 2026, he is a machine-learning engineer at Hugging Face.

Career

  1. Since 2026Hugging FaceMachine-learning engineer
  2. From 2019GradioCo-founder

Education

  1. New York University

From the biography.

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  2. Google alumni founded or led 87 other organizations, the most among the labs we compareIncludes Hugging Face. We trace 212 organizations founded or led by AI lab alumni, and 223 career moves between the labs.
  3. Stanford University trained or employed 20 of the 89 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes New York University. Stanford University trained or employed 20 of the 89 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes New York University. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.

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Sources and credits

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  1. Introduction · Hugging Face huggingface.co. Checked 19 October 2026.
  2. Gradio is joining Hugging Face! huggingface.co. Checked 19 October 2026.
  3. Gradio: Hassle-Free Sharing and Testing of ML Models in the Wild arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  4. MolDesigner: Interactive Design of Efficacious Drugs with Deep Learning arxiv.org. Checked 19 October 2026.
  5. Cowboy ventures - Gradio cowboy.vc. Checked 19 October 2026.