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Avi Bharadwaj

Investor

Investment Director at Intel Capital Β· Principal at Innovation Endeavors

North America

About

Aravind "Avi" Bharadwaj is an Investment Director at Intel Capital focused on data, analytics, AI/ML platforms, and enterprise software. He previously served as a Principal at Innovation Endeavors, where he led enterprise software investments and held board positions at multiple companies. He holds an MS in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University and earlier worked as a data scientist at IBM and a software engineer at Goldman Sachs.

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Avi Bharadwaj @bharadwaj_avi

This past year we’ve witnessed the rapid adoption of Gen AI, and today over 56% of Americans use Gen AI tools. However, enterprises have yet to see a similar adoption rate primarily due to copyright infringement concerns and ethical considerations. Enter @bria_ai_, a visual

Feb 21, 2024 Β· β™₯ 4

Avi Bharadwaj @bharadwaj_avi

5. πŸ—œ Enterprises will shift to small models (SLMs) for many use cases Enterprises adopting large FMs are recognizing that these general-purpose FMs come with prohibitive costs. They are finding that for certain use cases, particularly where speed and cost are critical, similar

Feb 7, 2024

Avi Bharadwaj @bharadwaj_avi

4. πŸ”„Workflows in inefficient domains will be rewritten Most industries have rent-seekers who thrive in structurally inefficient workflows. Government contracting/bidding processes, preauthorization of medical procedures, and documentation involved in real estate transactions are

Feb 7, 2024

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Intel CapitalInvestment Partner/Directorcurrent2022 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. TrueFoundryInvestor and Board Directorcurrent2024 β€” present
  3. Scale AIInvestorcurrent2024 β€” present
  4. BRIA AIInvestor and Board Directorcurrent2023 β€” present
  5. Twelve LabsInvestorcurrent2023 β€” present
  6. Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow | Class 29current2024 β€” present
  7. RightBoundInvestor and Board Director2021 β€” 2022
  8. AlphaSenseInvestor and Board Observer2019 β€” 2022
  9. DataRailsInvestor and Board Observer2018 β€” 2022
  10. Innovation EndeavorsPrincipal2017 β€” 2022
  11. Vertical KnowledgeBoard Observer2018 β€” 2020
  12. Datorama, a Salesforce CompanyInvestor and Board Observer2014 β€” 2018
  13. Marker LLCPrincipal2017New York, NY
  14. Marker LLCSenior Associate2014 β€” 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
  15. IBM Consulting, Strategy and Analytics PracticeManaging Consultant2014New York, NY
  16. IBM Consulting, Strategy and Analytics PracticeSenior Consultant2011 β€” 2013New York City Metropolitan Area
  17. Goldman SachsAnalyst2007 β€” 2010Bangalore, India; New York, NY
  18. Goldman SachsIntern2007Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon UniversityMS, Information Systems and Data Science
  2. PES Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics and Communication

Skills & more

Strategy26Management11Business Analysis16Venture Capital5Financial Modeling4Management Consulting3Data Mining30Due Diligence1Data Analysis9Data Modeling6Financial Services5Predictive Analytics1
+2 morePortfolio ManagementBusiness Strategy

From Avi's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Carnegie Mellon University210

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesTejAdvisor at Clear VenturesOren EtzioniVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorVlad LoktevInvestor at Index VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla Ventures

+ 204 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Kauffman Fellows370

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesRoi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel CapitalNick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Vinnie LauriaFounding Partner at Golden Gate VenturesJustin HallPartner at Golden Gate Ventures

+ 364 more

Also worked at RightBound2

Dan AksCo-Founder at IBI Tech FundPam KostkaAdvisor at Graham Walker Venture

Also worked at DataRails7

Yanai OronGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures IsraelMor GrabliSenior Associate at ClaltechYaniv JacobiManaging Partner at Horizon CapitalEli NovershternSenior Advisor at ClaltechLauren CorcoranInvestor at Blue CollectiveBen ToporManaging Partner at Catalyst Investments

+ 1 more

Also worked at Innovation Endeavors30

Andy TriedmanPartner at Theory VenturesDafna Winocur BiranPartner at Joule VenturesAaron DubinPartner at Team8Daniel GoldsteinPartner at Team8Todd ForrestCFO at Scribble VenturesDror BermanFounding Partner at Innovation Endeavors

+ 24 more

Investments

Investor

BRIAFormantScale AITrueFoundryTwelve Labs

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Colleagues at Intel Capital

Abdul Guefor
Managing Director at Intel Capital
Alexandra Farmer
Principal at Intel Capital, North America
Ameet Bhansali
Vice President at Intel Capital
Andy Fligel
Senior Managing Director at Intel Capital
Anthony Lin
Head of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel Capital
Aravind Bharadwaj
Investment Director at Intel Capital
Arturo Litvin
Head of Global Portfolio Development at Intel Capital
Arun Chetty
Managing Director at Intel Capital

Network10

Cyan BanisterScout
Co-founder & General Partner at Long Journey Ventures
Gil ShklarskiScout
General Partner at Operator LP
Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Peter BordesScout
Managing Partner at Trajectory Ventures
Aravind Bharadwaj
Investment Director at Intel Capital
Bridget Storm
Managing Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Davis Treybig
Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Dror Berman
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Eric Schmidt
Founding Partner at Innovation Endeavors
Joel Dudley
Venture Partner at Innovation Endeavors

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