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Bharadwaj Swaminathan

Founder

Founder/Head of Eng at Mica AI

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedMica AI · YC

About

Bharadwaj founded Mica AI and leads its engineering team. He previously worked as a data scientist at Hewlett Packard Enterprise building machine learning products for networking, and holds a bachelor's degree in data science and economics from UC Berkeley.

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Founder/Head of Eng at Mica AIYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Bharadwaj went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mica AI's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Bharadwaj can intro founders to Mica AI's investors below.

Mica AI's investors · 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at Mica AI

AIAchyuta Iyengar
Achyuta IyengarFounder/CEO
JYJai Yarlagadda
Jai YarlagaddaFounder/CTO

Experience

  1. MicaHead of Datacurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise companyData Scientist2021 — 2024San Jose, California, United States
  3. University of West FloridaResearch Assistant2020 — 2021
  4. UC Berkeley Division of Data SciencesData Peer Consultant2018 — 2021
  5. KYOCERA Document Solutions Development America, Inc.Technical Program Manager Intern2019Concord, California
  6. Design for Equity Lab, UC BerkeleyResearch Assistant2018Berkeley
  7. KPMG QatarResearch Analyst (Intern), Management Consulting2018Doha, Qatar
  8. Eco kitchenSummer Intern2016Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  9. Palladium: Make It PossibleConsulting Intern2016Doha, Qatar

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor's, Economics, Data Science2017 — 2021

Skills & more

Large Language Models (LLM)2Generative AI1Machine Learning2Writing17Public Speaking18Leadership18Economics10Teamwork9Social Media8Marketing8Event Planning6Translation5
+12 moreEnglishEvent ManagementPublic RelationsChessSubtitlingTeam BuildingAccountingFinanceMathematicsOnline Content CreationBloggingSEO

Languages English · Hindi · Tamil

  • Generative AI with Large Language Models — Coursera

From Bharadwaj's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company7

Asheem ChandnaInvestor at Greylock PartnersJames ChenVenture Partner at Foothill VenturesShirish SathayePartner at Cervin VenturesGaurav GargPartner at WingMarina LevinsonAdvisory Partner at Benhamou Global VenturesGaurav NukalaPartner at Wing

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Also worked at UC Berkeley Division of Data Sciences2

Rishabh NijhawanSenior Associate at Western Technology InvestmentRaman VarmaFounder at Kestrel AI

Also worked at Palladium: Make It Possible14

Don HolzworthFounder & Former CEO, Constella Group at Bull City Venture PartnersDon HolzworthDigital Health Advisor at Excelerate Health VenturesHugo Fernández-MardomingoGeneral Partner at Acurio VenturesTom SebastianREGIONAL DIRECTOR ASIA & APAC at SeedstarsJose Maria OrtizInvestor at Bamboo Capital PartnersJeffrey LambBoard Director at Nexus for Development

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