Forbes 30Under30
When Adam Shem-Ur started working at Pagaya three years ago, he was 17 years old and the promising startup developing AI-based investment management technology had just completed a funding round worth 75 million dollars. It was the company's largest and most significant funding round thus far, and a huge load was placed on Adam's shoulders.
"I started off being responsible for the company's research infrastructure," he recounts. "I built the infrastructure for the researchers, was responsible for studying and cooperating with technology companies, so as to improve the productivity of the company's research, while cutting down times, simplifying machine learning systems, transitioning to the cloud, assimilating new technologies, and moving products to production."
In essence, he managed a team of tens of employees, before even celebrating his 20th birthday!