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Milind Mahajan

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Founder at Optifia AI
📍 Greater Seattle Area, United States

Milind Mahajan is the founder of Optifia AI, with a background in leading engineering and AI teams at companies like Waymo, Grab, and Twitter. An alumnus of IIT Bombay and the University of Southern California, he has extensive experience in applying AI/ML to deliver innovative products and build large-scale, reliable online services.

He was personally recruited to Grab by CEO Anthony Tan to start the companys Seattle R&D Center, which he grew to over 200 engineers.

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Experience
34 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Seattle Area, United States
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AI/ML Application
Has a demonstrated record of applying state-of-the-art AI and machine learning to achieve business goals at Twitter, Grab, Waymo, and now his own company, Optifia AI.
Future of Mobility
Previously worked as Director of Engineering at Waymo and has participated in industry panels discussing the future of mobility and automotive cloud technology.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Founder
Optifia AI
5-2021 - 12-2023
Director of Engineering
Waymo
11-2019 - 4-2021
Sabbatical
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1-2016 - 11-2019
Head of U.S. R&D Center; Head of Engineering
Grab
11-2013 - 1-2016
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Twitter
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Education
1986 - 1988
M.S.
University of Southern California
1982 - 1986
B. Tech.
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
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