About
Anand Chandrasekaran is the founder and CTO of Mad Street Den, an artificial intelligence company whose first product, Vue.ai, provides an image recognition platform for the retail industry. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuromorphic Engineering at Stanford before moving into entrepreneurship. Headquartered in the Bay Area with offices in Seattle and Chennai, Mad Street Den is backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, Exfinity Ventures, KDDI–Global Brain Japan, and Rocketship VC.
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Ashwini AsokanExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- Mad Street DenFounder, CTOcurrent2013 — presentUnited States
- Vue.aiFounder, CTOcurrent2016 — presentUnited States
- Zort TechnologiesConsultant2011 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Evolved Machines, Inc.Research Scientist2010 — 2011
- Stanford UniversityPost Doctoral Scholar2007 — 2009
- Baylor College of MedicineGraduate Student2001 — 2006
Skills & more
Machine Learning99Computational Neuroscience20Neuromorphic Engineering9Pattern Recognition74Neuroscience52in Vivo Electrophysiology10Programming57Scalability9Computer Vision17Software Development77Computer Science18Distributed Systems9
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Anand Chandrasekaran?
- Anand Chandrasekaran is the founder and CTO of Mad Street Den, an artificial intelligence company whose first product, Vue.ai, provides an image recognition platform for the retail industry. He holds a PhD in Neuroscience and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuromorphic Engineering at Stanford before moving into entrepreneurship. Headquartered in the Bay Area with offices in Seattle and Chennai, Mad Street Den is backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, Exfinity Ventures, KDDI–Global Brain Japan, and Rocketship VC.
- Where does Anand Chandrasekaran work?
- Anand Chandrasekaran is Founder of Mad Street Den.
- What companies did Anand Chandrasekaran found?
- Anand Chandrasekaran founded Mad Street Den.
- Where did Anand Chandrasekaran go to school?
- Anand Chandrasekaran studied at Stanford University (Post Doctoral Fellowship, Neuromorphic Engineering); Baylor College of Medicine (PhD, Neuroscience); Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (B.Tech, Electrical Engineering).
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