Michael Silver

Michael Silver is a software engineer specializing in infrastructure, distributed systems, and scalable technology platforms. He previously served as the first engineer and head of infrastructure at Gather, where he helped scale the engineering team through a $77 million Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. Silver was also the first engineer at Jamsocket, building a Rust-based orchestrator before the startup was acquired by Modal. His earlier career includes engineering roles focused on databases and distributed systems at SingleStore, Meta, and Apple, where he contributed to the Siri platform. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he conducted research on information retrieval. Silver's technical background centers on developing scalable infrastructure, orchestration frameworks, and artificial intelligence systems for high-growth technology startups.