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230 people in our graph share verified history with Aashai — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Javier SolterounlockedAashai: together at Carnegie Mellon University (2018–2019)
×5Aashai: together at Carnegie Mellon University
×4Aashai: together at SV Angel
Aashai: together at University of Chicago
About
AI Lead at SV Angel who previously spent several years at Adobe leading evaluations and post-training for the models powering Adobe Firefly. He specializes in LLM evaluations, fine-tuning, and multimodal AI systems, and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Chicago.
Experience
- SV AngelAI Leadcurrent2026 — present
- AdobeMachine Learning Engineer |||2025 — 2026
- AdobeData Scientist ||2024 — 2025San Jose, California, United States
- AdobeData Scientist2022 — 2024
- AdobeData Science Intern2021
- The Hershey CompanyCo-op Data Scientist2021
- AdobeData Science and Web Analytics Intern2020
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Assistant2019
Skills & more
Leadership2Data MiningBig Data AnalyticsStatistical Modeling1A/B Testing1SQLPython (Programming Language)2PySparkExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)Python5Research3Natural Language Processing (NLP)3
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StatisticsData AnalysisMachine LearningJavaC (Programming Language)- Managing Big Data with MySQL — Coursera
- Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning — DeepLearning.AI
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2) — Coursera
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1) — Coursera
From Aashai's professional profile.
Colleagues at SV Angel
Andrea Wang
General Partner at SV Angel
Ashvin Bachireddy
Managing Partner - Growth at SV Angel
Beth Turner
Advisor at SV Angel
Brandi Copeland
Community & Operations Manager at Newark Venture Partners
Brian Pokorny
Managing Partner at SV Angel
Christopher Conway
General Partner at SV Angel
David Lee
Investor at SV Angel focused on health, tech-in-bio, and startups.
Diana Duane
Office Manager at SV Angel
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aashai Avadhani?
- AI Lead at SV Angel who previously spent several years at Adobe leading evaluations and post-training for the models powering Adobe Firefly. He specializes in LLM evaluations, fine-tuning, and multimodal AI systems, and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Chicago.
- Where does Aashai Avadhani work?
- Aashai Avadhani is AI Lead at SV Angel.
- Where did Aashai Avadhani go to school?
- Aashai Avadhani studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor's of Science- Statistics and Machine Learning); University of Chicago (Master of Science - MS, Applied Data Science).
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Shared employers
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Brian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationLouise TomlinsonInvestor at Reinventure GroupAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesJeff VeenDesigner and investor in London, United KingdomErika NashInvestor at Next Frontier CapitalMichael MignanoGeneral Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV)
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Also worked at The Hershey Company18
Mike GrantisManaging Partner at Contango Digital AssetsJaysel ShahLead Manager, Investor Network Lead at Endeavor CatalystAmanda Donohue-HansenInvestment Director at dsm-firmenich VenturingLisa DudekExecutive Assistant at TrueBridge Capital PartnersScott EasterwoodDirector, Portfolio Procurement at Clayton Dubilier & RiceGautamInvestor at Inuka Capital
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