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Researcher

Sherjil Ozair

Sherjil Ozair is a machine learning researcher whose work spans generative models, mutual information estimation and interactive world models. He co-wrote Generative Adversarial Networks, a paper that NeurIPS honored with its 2024 Test of Time Award. He co-authored Genie, a foundation world model that ICML 2024 named a Best Paper. He founded General Agents in 2024, and Project Prometheus acquired that startup in 2025. As of October 2026, he works at Project Prometheus.

Works
31
Citations
23,246
h-index
14

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2014

    Co-writing generative adversarial networks

    The paper Generative Adversarial Networks, submitted in June 2014, names him among its co-authors.

  2. 2015

    An IIT Delhi affiliation

    On his PLDI 2015 profile, he gives IIT Delhi as his affiliation, with machine learning and programming languages as research interests.

  3. January 2018–March 2019

    Papers on mutual information

    MINE: Mutual Information Neural Estimation, submitted to arXiv in January 2018, lists him beside Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville. In March 2019 he co-writes Wasserstein Dependency Measure for Representation Learning with Sergey Levine and Pierre Sermanet.

  4. 2024

    Genie, an ICML best paper

    His name appears among the authors of Genie: Generative Interactive Environments, a foundation world model that ICML 2024 names a Best Paper.

  5. 2024

    Founding General Agents

    He founds General Agents in 2024, a startup whose first technology is Ace, a computer agent.

  6. 2024

    A NeurIPS Test of Time award

    The NeurIPS 2024 Test of Time Award goes to Generative Adversarial Nets, which he shares with seven co-authors.

  7. 2025

    Prometheus acquires General Agents

    In 2025 Project Prometheus acquires General Agents, a startup that Ozair founded.

  8. As of October 2026

    Working at Project Prometheus

    He works at Project Prometheus, which acquires General Agents in 2025.

Sources and credits

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  1. [1406.2661] Generative Adversarial Networks arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Sherjil Ozair - PLDI 2015 pldi15.sigplan.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. [1801.04062] MINE: Mutual Information Neural Estimation arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. [1903.11780] Wasserstein Dependency Measure for Representation Learning arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. ICML 2024 Awards icml.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. [2402.15391] Genie: Generative Interactive Environments arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Seeks Billions to Reinvent Industrial Giants With AI pymnts.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Announcing the NeurIPS 2024 Test of Time Paper Awards – NeurIPS Blog blog.neurips.cc. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Mila’s expertise highlighted at NeurIPS 2024 | Mila mila.quebec. Checked 15 October 2026.
  10. Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus reportedly acquires AI startup General Agents - SiliconANGLE siliconangle.com. Checked 15 October 2026.