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Vidyut Naware

Researcher · DISC type Cs
Sr. Director, Generative AI Center of Excellence at PayPal
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Vidyut Naware is the Senior Director and Head of the Generative AI Center of Excellence at PayPal. With a PhD from Cornell, his expertise spans AI/ML applications in FinTech, autonomous driving from his time at NIO, and sensor systems at Qualcomm. He focuses on driving innovation by applying the latest AI/ML technologies.

He has a keen interest in the practical application of advanced technologies, having previously led research pilots into the use of quantum computing for machine learning feature selection at PayPal.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Sr. Director, Generative AI Center of Excellence
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Vidyut shows up

Detail Oriented
Self-Disciplined
Soft Communicator

They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach. Being observant comes to them naturally. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Vidyut cares about

Generative AI Strategy
Leads the Gen AI Center of Excellence at PayPal, focusing on the safe, secure, and responsible adoption of generative AI tools across the enterprise.
Efficient AI Models
Advocates for practical, cost-effective, and efficient AI models over simply building larger, over-parametrized ones.
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Career

Work history

7-2023
Sr. Director, Generative AI Center of Excellence
PayPal
4-2023
Head of Generative AI Center of Excellence at PayPal
PayPal
10-2019 - 3-2023
Director, AI / ML and MLOps
PayPal
6-2018 - 9-2019
Director of Artificial Intelligence
NIO
1-2017 - 6-2018
Senior Staff Engineer / Manager
Qualcomm
In the press

Media appearances

Applied AI/ML Research at PayPal with Vidyut Naware. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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Applied AI/ML Research at PayPal with Vidyut Naware - #593. Featured in YouTube
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Cornell University
B.Tech
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bachelor of Technology - BTech
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

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