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Anirudh Baddepudi

Energizer · DISC type I
Product Manager at OpenAI
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

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.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Product Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Anirudh shows up

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.

Priorities

Topics Anirudh cares 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.
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Career

Work history

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

Media appearances

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Education
B.S. Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Science - MS
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

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