Anirudh Baddepudi

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Product Manager at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Anirudh is a Product Manager at OpenAI, previously at Google DeepMind where he was a product lead for Geminis multimodal vision and model behavior capabilities. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with both a B. S. and M. S. in Computer Science, his work focuses on advancing AI systems.

Outside of his primary role, Anirudh is an active personal investor in several early-stage technology and AI startups. During his time at Carnegie Mellon, he was a teaching assistant for Theoretical Computer Science and Algorithms, and also enjoyed playing and following sports like cricket and soccer.

He achieved a top 500 ranking in the prestigious Putnam Mathematical Competition.

Personality Overview

Believer

Imaginative

Big Picture Person

Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions.  They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt.

Topics They Care About

Multimodal AI
As the former product lead for Gemini's multimodal vision capabilities, he has spoken on podcasts about building models that perceive the world through various inputs.
AI Model Behavior
He is passionate about making AI systems feel natural, likable, and empathetic to interact with, a focus of his work on Gemini's model behavior.
Video Understanding
Authored blog posts on advancing the frontier of video understanding with Gemini 2. 5, focusing on its ability to process and reason over video content.

Media Appearances

What OpenAI and Google engineers learned deploying 50+ AI products in production. Featured in Lenny's Podcast (Product | Career | Growth)

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Work History

3-2026
Product Manager at OpenAI
2024
Investing at Personal
2023 - 2026
Product Manager at Google DeepMind
2022 - 2023
Associate Product Manager at Google
5-2021 - 8-2021
Software Engineer Intern at Google

Education

B.S. Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Science - MS from Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

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Insights For Selling To Anirudh

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share some stories about how you you have helped people in similar positions succeed
  • Talk anecdotally about the customer experience that your product offers
  • Use adjectives like ‘amazing’, ‘coolest’, ‘unbelievable’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t assume a yes just because they have not said no
  • Don’t push them to make a decision too fast, let them get comfortable first
  • Avoid overloading them with too much detail

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Anirudh is

  • Relationship and rapport can play an important role, sometimes more than the other factors.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Anirudh

  • They will probably never say no directly, you have to make that decision yourself.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Anirudh move?

  • They are not the quickest decision makers, their friendly attitude could be misleading.
  • Can Anirudh take some risk or not?

  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

You And Anirudh

Personality Compatibility


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