About
Ankit Khedia is an ML Research Lead at Deccan AI focused on generative AI, diffusion models, vision-language systems, and large language models. He previously held engineering positions at Meta, Google, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs, where he built machine learning systems for search, recommendations, and real-time risk. Khedia is an angel investor in early-stage deep tech ventures with interest in AI applications across creative, healthcare, and enterprise sectors.
Experience
- Deccan AIML Research Leadcurrent2026 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- Sand Hill AngelsAngel Investorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- MetaMachine Learning Engineer(Generative AI)2023 — 2026Menlo Park, California, United States
- GoogleMachine Learning Engineer2019 — 2023Mountain View
- Amazon Web ServicesDeep Learning Engineer2018 — 2019Palo Alto, California
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGraduate Teaching Assistant2017Greater Atlanta Area
- AmazonSoftware Development Engineer Intern2017Greater Seattle Area
- Georgia Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant2016 — 2017Atlanta Metropolitan Area
- Goldman SachsQuantitative Researcher2016Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- OracleMember of Technical Staff2014 — 2016Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- QualcommResearch Intern2013Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Skills & more
C34C++23Matlab13Java20Microsoft Office9Microsoft Excel5Windows5Microsoft Word5PowerPoint4Linux4MySQL5NetBeans2
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PhotoshopPythonProgrammingData StructuresAlgorithmsResearchEnglishData MiningMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingGraph TheoryProbabilityLanguages English · Hindi
- J2EE — Oracle
- SQL — Oracle
- Java — Oracle
From Ankit's professional profile.
Colleagues at Sand Hill Angels
Abha Singhvi
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Adam Au
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Adam Wu
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Akash Pai
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Alan Fisher
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Alan Ren
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Alexandr Ikriannikov
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Amanda Huang
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ankit Khedia?
- Ankit Khedia is an ML Research Lead at Deccan AI focused on generative AI, diffusion models, vision-language systems, and large language models. He previously held engineering positions at Meta, Google, Amazon, and Goldman Sachs, where he built machine learning systems for search, recommendations, and real-time risk. Khedia is an angel investor in early-stage deep tech ventures with interest in AI applications across creative, healthcare, and enterprise sectors.
- Where does Ankit Khedia work?
- Ankit Khedia is at Sand Hill Angels.
- Where did Ankit Khedia go to school?
- Ankit Khedia studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Master of Science (MS), Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science); M.G.M.H.S.S. bokaro (12th, science).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Meta307
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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,506
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