Where does Ashish Vaswani work?

Ashish Vaswani is CEO of Essential.

What companies did Ashish Vaswani found?

Ashish Vaswani founded Essential.

Where did Ashish Vaswani go to school?

Ashish Vaswani studied at University of Southern California (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science); University of Southern California (Master's degree, Computer Science).

Ashish Vaswani

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CEO at Essential

San Francisco, California, United States

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Essential's investors · 6

Blue Ivy VenturesBoston ConvictionSan Francisco · $1M – $25M checks · since 2023 KB InvestmentSeoul · $743K – $40M checks · since 2023 March Capital PartnersSanta Monica · since 2023 NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2023 Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Essential

Niki ParmarExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

NVIDIAComputer Scientistcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Essential AICo-Founder and CEO2022 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
Adept AI LabsCo-Founder and Chief Scientist2022San Francisco Bay Area
Google BrainStaff Research Scientist2016 — 2021Moutain View
Information Sciences InstituteComputer Scientist2014 — 2016Marina Del Rey

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Natural Language ProcessingMachine Learning

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Who is Ashish Vaswani?: CEO at Essential
Where does Ashish Vaswani work?: Ashish Vaswani is CEO of Essential.
What companies did Ashish Vaswani found?: Ashish Vaswani founded Essential.
Where did Ashish Vaswani go to school?: Ashish Vaswani studied at University of Southern California (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science); University of Southern California (Master's degree, Computer Science).

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