About
Ankur Rustagi led engineering and safety teams at Facebook and Roblox, where he worked on machine learning applications addressing child protection and content moderation. He founded Sero AI to help companies build trust and safety systems.
Founder at SaatvyYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Ankur went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Saatvy
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Talha BaigFounder
Experience
- Augment CodeMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — present
- Sero AI (YC S23)Founder2023 — 2025San Jose, California, United States
- RobloxEngineering Manager2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- MetaEngineering Manager / Staff Software Engineer2018 — 2022Menlo Park, California
- eBayStaff Software Engineer2013 — 2018San Jose, California
- MyBackCo-Founder2013 — 2014
- EpicSoftware Developer2012 — 2013Madison, Wisconsin Area
- Center for Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies (USC)Researcher2012Greater Los Angeles Area
Skills & more
Applied Machine Learning1Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)1Data Pipelines1Artificial Intelligence (AI)Start-up LeadershipEngineering ManagementOrganizational LeadershipEngineering LeadershipMachine Learning11Apache Spark3Service Oriented Architecture Design2Algorithms7
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Data StructuresSoftware Design PatternsSoftware EngineeringNLPDistributed SystemsDatabase DesignVimObject Oriented DesignDeep Neural NetworksRESTJavaJavaScriptLanguages English · Hindi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ankur Rustagi?
- Ankur Rustagi led engineering and safety teams at Facebook and Roblox, where he worked on machine learning applications addressing child protection and content moderation. He founded Sero AI to help companies build trust and safety systems.
- Where does Ankur Rustagi work?
- Ankur Rustagi is Founder of Saatvy.
- What companies did Ankur Rustagi found?
- Ankur Rustagi founded Saatvy.
- Where did Ankur Rustagi go to school?
- Ankur Rustagi studied at Y Combinator; University of Southern California (Masters, Computer Science); Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (Bachelors of Technology, Computer Science).
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