Ceze was the CEO and co-founder of OctoAI, a machine learning-focused startup acquired by Nvidia.
[8] After this, he pursued a doctoral degree in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, advised by Josep Torrellas.
[9] He received his Ph.D in 2007 with a thesis titled Bulk Operation and Data Coloring for Multiprocessor Programmability.
The company itself changed its name to OctoAI by January 2024, with Ceze explaining that it was renamed to "eliminate potential confusion between our product and corporate name".
[2] Following OctoAI's acquisition, Ceze became a vice president of AI systems software at Nvidia, and remained in his position at the University of Washington.