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Nagendra Dhanakeerthi

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Head of Engineering at AI Squared
📍 Mountain View, California, United States

Nagendra is the Co-Founder and CTO at AI Squared, bringing over 15 years of experience in AI/ML, distributed systems, and data infrastructure. A two-time founder, he has a track record of building and scaling technology platforms that lead to successful acquisitions. He holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business.

Outside of his executive role, Nagendra is an active contributor to the tech community. He is an open-source enthusiast, speaks at conferences, contributes articles to publications like Forbes, and engages with the next generation of talent by judging hackathons at universities like UC Berkeley.

Unique fact: Nagendra successfully co-founded and led two startups, Shoffr and Multiwoven, both of which were acquired.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Mountain View, California, United States
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AI/ML Integration
His work at AI Squared and Multiwoven focuses on connecting LLMs and ML sources to business applications, a topic he also writes about for Forbes.
Entrepreneurship
He is a two-time founder, having built and sold both Shoffr (acquired by Affle) and Multiwoven (acquired by AI Squared), demonstrating a passion for building companies.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Head of Engineering
AI Squared
1-2024
Co-Founder (Acquired by AI Squared)
Multiwoven
1-2023 - 1-2024
Senior Engineering Manager
Razorpay
1-2019 - 12-2022
Technology Director (Omnichannel Platform)
Affle
2-2015 - 1-2019
Co-Founder (Acquired by Affle)
Shoffr
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Ruby startup demo: Nagendra Dhanakeerthi, AI Squared .... Featured in YouTube
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Nagendra Dhanakeerthi - CTO, AI Squared. Featured in Open Source India
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Education
2020 - 2022
Master of Business Administration - EMBA
Indian School of Business
1-2021 - 1-2021
Global strategic management & Corporate Entrepreneurship
National University of Singapore
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