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
Diana Duane
Office Manager at SV Angel
Lidiya Aleksieva
Senior Associate & Paralegal at Adams Street Partners
Mike Sho Liu
General Partner 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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Also attended University of Chicago446
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Shared employers
Also worked at Adobe143
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Also worked at The Hershey Company11
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Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University169
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