I live in San Francisco and am working to build lasting 100-year businesses around 10x inventions/solutions to the world’s most pressing problems while simultaneously empowering fellow entrepreneurs to do the same.

Currently: 

– I am Founder/CEO Chef Robotics: working to accelerate the advent of intelligent machines that empower humans to do what humans do best [Mach 2019 – Now]
– I Invest through Prototype Capital and personally [May 2018 – Now]
– I write usually about startups, AI / Robotics, or VC [May 2014 – Now]

Previously: 

– Was a Kleiner Perkins Fellow at Indiegogo where I was able to work directly and learn from the Founder, 8-Year-CEO, and current Chief Business Officer Slava Rubin. [May 2017 – Sept. 2017]
– Became Entrepreneur in Residence at Wharton advising undergradute and graduate investors on building startups

– I wanted to learn more about scaling and so spent a bit of time at Penn doing Venture Capital work at Red and Blue Ventures.
– Was Founder/CEO of ThirdEye, a product that empowers visually impaired persons through object recognition via auditory feedback. ThirdEye was acquired in 2017 when I was at Penn.  [Sept. 2014 – Feb. 2017]
– Was Interim COO for Maintool, a watch strap (with flex PCB board inside) that makes any normal watch “smart” [Feb 2015 – Sept 2015]

– Received my Master’s degree in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab during my senior year of Undergrad. [Aug 2017 – May 2018]

– Received a Bachelor’s degree from Penn’s Wharton School of Business in Economics and Computer Science. [Aug 2014 – May 2018]
– Did some scientific research in high school and was able to publish a first author paper in glass science in a peer-reviewed scientific journal; the paper has been cited 20x by scientists around the world. [Sept 2011 – March 2014]

– Founder of CafeMocha in high school, a platform for writers to publish their creative writing with the world. [Jul. 2013 – Aug. 2014]
– Designed Modular Sofa Integrated With Entertainment Center in high school. My first patent application and physical project. [Mar. 2013 – Aug. 2013]
– Have always loved doing side projects. Here are some of the other projects I’ve done.

– Was born in India! I love to travel (have lived in over 4 countries, speak 4 languages, and have visited over 21 countries), read, and learn about anything I can

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