Great ideas rarely emerge from isolation

Zack

Freelance ML consultant; especially interested in research into reinforcement learning, unsupervised learning, and AI safety. Also deeply thinking about governmental dysfunction + what to do about it, but so far no breakthroughs :/

Somdev

Achievements ● Back to back NCAA singles Champion in 2007 & 2008 while at UVa ● Career high of #62 in ATP singles rankings 2011 (highest Indian since Ramesh Krishnan in 1992) ● Wins over Raonic, Cilic, Baghdatis, Isner, Anderson, Johnson, Sock, Vesely, Schuettler, Tipsarevic, Dolgopolov, Malisse, among others ● Led India to the World Group of Davis Cup in 2009 & 2010 ● Singles gold medalist at 2010 Commonwealth Games in men’s singles ● Men’s singles and doubles gold with Sanam Singh at 2010 Asian Games ● 2 career ATP World Tour Finals - 2009, Chennai and 2011, Johannesburg Awards and Recognitions ● Arjuna Award 2011, for Outstanding Performance in sports ● After major shoulder surgery in 2012, was nominated for Comeback Player of the year by the ATP in 2013 and lost out to Rafael Nadal ● Padma Shri 2018 (4th highest civilian award in India) ● NCAA Tennis Hall of Fame inductee 2019 Post Retirement from the ATP Tour in March 2016 ● Trustee of Life is a Ball Public Charitable Trust ⇢ Charity co-founded in 2011 that enables children across India to play sport ⇢ Works with over 1000 children every year ● Co-founded GetFit in 2013, a movement that works on development of children through sport in schools ⇢ Worked with over 100 schools across India ● Co-founder/ Director of Wild Warrior ⇢ Leaders in obstacle races across India ● National Observer for tennis for the Indian Ministry of youth and sports affairs 2017-18 ● Consultant for several pro’s and juniors on the tour as a mentor/ guide including: ⇢ Prajnesh Gunneswaran Career high 75 ⇢ Sumit Nagal Career high 68 ● Travelled with the Indian Davis Cup team as consultant ● High performance coach at Nensel Academy in Peine, Germany ● Media work with tennis as a commentator/ expert analyst ⇢ Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Summer Olympics ⇢ Asian games 2018 and 2023 ⇢ Australian Open 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 ⇢ ATP 250 Pune Maharashtra Open 2019, 2020 & 2022 ⇢ Roland Garros 2022, 2023, 2024 ⇢ Commonwealth Games 2022

Sahil

Sahil is a customer-focused engineer with an extensive background in AI, recommender systems, and marketplaces. He has served an engineer and an eng leader at Facebook and Uber, working on News Feed, Video Growth, as well as Uber’s Dispatching Algorithms.

Sumit

EE and CS @ Stanford. Previously CEO/cofounder of Glowstick, an AI-based 3D and animation suite. Before that I was the first AI hire @ All turtles (raised 100m+ for a zoom competitor), and was a search engineer @ laserlike (acq'd by Apple in 2019).

Nick

Founder. Ex-DeepMind Veo, Ex-Google APM, Ex-Cambridge ML Mphil

Vijay

I'm a Stanford C.S. grad with 25+ years of experience, mostly in gaming but also feature film visual effects and consumer and enterprise software. I love games, teaching, building tools, karaoke, climbing, and fantasy books.

Brandon

I’m the co-founder and CEO of Vori, a modern operating system for the grocery industry that is transforming the inventory management process for retailers and suppliers through user-friendly technology. Prior to Vori, I started Greo, a YC-backed startup that facilitated troll-free dialogue about social issues. Before that I worked at the White House and attended Stanford, where I was the student body Vice President.

Arun

2x Founder SmartPhones, Fintech, AI Samsung, Startups, Govt, Non-Profits

Sanjay

Founded a company in the food and agri tech space, scaled to $200m ARR, exited, moved to SF. Passionate about solving problems that matter and building high growth companies that have a powerful impact on people's lives.

Yaron

3x entrepreneur. I love starting and building new things.