William Daniel Hillis
@williamhillis
American computer scientist (born 1956)
Building Thinking Machines Corporation as Founder · United States
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Key facts
- Born
- 1956
- Educated at
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About
William Daniel Hillis is an inventor and computer scientist, born in 1956 in Baltimore. They studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In context
Thinking Machines Corporation was founded in 1983 and closed in 1999, after 16 years. Among the 381 other business companies founded in the 1980s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 19 years, so this one closed earlier than most.
Named alongside
- Bran FerrenFounder
- Doug CarlstonFounder
At Metaweb
- John GiannandreaFounder
- Veda Hlubinka-CookFounder
Contribution
William's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.
Companies
- Thinking Machines Corporationdefunct supercomputer companyFounder · business · Carter's Ink Building, United States · Founded 1983
- Applied MindsAmerican technology studioFounder · electronics industry · Burbank, United States · Founded 2000
- MetawebcompanyFounder · data management · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2005