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Viswa Mani Kiran Peddinti

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Head of Engineering at Actively AI
📍 New York, New York, United States

Viswa Mani Kiran Peddinti is the Head of Engineering at Actively AI, leveraging his experience from senior engineering leadership roles at Instacart and Airbnb. An alumnus of the University of Southern California, he has a background in building hyper-growth product teams and co-founded a venture-funded startup called Meed.

Outside of his primary roles, he is passionate about developing talent within the tech community. He serves as a mentor for engineers and new managers, offering guidance on startups, scaling, and leadership. His past venture, Meed, was a professional network specifically designed to help university students advance their careers.

Unique fact: He co-founded Meed, a professional network for students that raised over $575K in funding.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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AI Agent Design
He authors articles on designing multi-agent systems for enterprise scale and the future of AI agents, drawing lessons from industry leaders like OpenAI and LangChain.
AI in GTM
As Head of Engineering at Actively AI, his work focuses on building AI applications and context graphs to improve go-to-market productivity for sales and marketing teams.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Head of Engineering
Actively AI
10-2023 - 8-2025
Director of Engineering
Instacart
6-2021 - 10-2023
Senior Engineering Manager
Instacart
5-2019 - 6-2021
Engineering Manager
Airbnb
11-2016 - 5-2019
Software Engineer
Airbnb
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Education
2009 - 2011
Master's degree
University of Southern California
2005 - 2009
B.E.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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