Leader profile

Misha Smelyanskiy

Misha Smelyanskiy was a Director of AI System Co-Design Group at Facebook. The group delivers innovative, high-performance optimizations of key AI services on existing platforms, as well as co-designs future AI systems at datacenter scale. Before joining Facebook in early 2017, Misha spent 13 years at Intel.

Current role

Role: Co-founder
Company: Marlowe
Official link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msmelyan

Recent viewpoints

Specialized systems for inference phases improve interactivity and TCO.

Inference is highly heterogeneous across phases, and co-designing specialized systems for prefill, decode, attention, and MoE kernels can improve interactivity and TCO, though full-stack integration with networking and data center design adds complexity.

Misha Smelyanskiy Heterogeneous Inference Infrastructure Source at 47:04

Recent interviews

Multi-GPU Kernels, Intelligence per Watt, Heterogeneous Inference, and More | YC Paper Club

Jul 30, 2026

Major topics

Design IterationLast interview Aug 15, 2026 TypographyLast interview Aug 15, 2026 InternationalizationLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Visual PrototypingLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Logo DesignLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Project PlanningLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Creative CollaborationLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Meaningful DesignLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Accessible ComputingLast interview Aug 15, 2026 Design ConstraintsLast interview Aug 15, 2026