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Vallari Mehta

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Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Vallari Mehta is a co-founder of a stealth startup and an ML/AI Fellow at Pear VC, specializing in machine learning and AI applications. A Carnegie Mellon alumna, she previously co-founded Gypsum AI as CTO. Colleagues describe her as an exceptionally talented, creative, and fast-learning data scientist with immense drive.

Outside of her founder roles, Vallari is interested in building solutions for parents, as indicated by her personal projects. She also actively writes and shares insights on the evolution of AI, aiming to demystify complex topics for a broader audience through her public newsletter and articles.

Her work on an innovation team within the CTOs office at Veritas led to the submission of two patents.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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AI Startups
She is a two-time co-founder (Gypsum AI and a stealth startup) and is a fellow at Pear VC, indicating a strong focus on building and supporting new AI ventures.
Generative AI
She writes a newsletter and articles focused on demystifying complex AI concepts and analyzing emerging trends, including the evolution of generative AI.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Co-Founder
Stealth Startup
3-2025
Member + FFC Fellow (ML/AI)
Pear VC
8-2024 - 7-2025
Co-Founder and CTO
Gypsum AI
4-2023 - 7-2024
Staff Machine Learning Engineer/ Manager
Lyft
7-2021 - 4-2023
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Lyft
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Education
2015 - 2017
Master’s Degree
Carnegie Mellon University
2009 - 2013
Bachelor of Technology (BTech)
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
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Carnegie Mellon University
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