Gavin Saldanha
FounderFounder at Lightscreen AI
Sunnyvale, California, United States
FoundedLightscreen AI · YC
About
Gavin Saldanha is a software engineer with machine learning and natural language processing expertise who previously led engineering teams at Cauzal AI and Stacked, and worked at Google Cloud. He holds an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and a master's degree from Columbia University, and has published research on text generation.
Founder at Lightscreen AIYC F24
Intro paths
YC
Gavin went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- Lightscreen AI (YC F24)Founder, CTOcurrent2024 — presentSunnyvale, California, United States
- StealthFoundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StackedPrincipal Engineer2021 — 2022Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Cauzal AISoftware Architect2020 — 2021Berkeley, California, United States
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2016 — 2020Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkMS Student Researcher2014 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- InformaticaCloud Software Development Intern2013Redwood City, CA
- UC Berkeley Computer Science Department, LoCal GroupIntern2012Berkeley, CA
- UC Berkeley Computer Science Department, LoCal GroupIntern2011Berkeley, CA
- Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryIT Intern2009Berkeley, CA
Skills & more
System Architecture7Machine Learning9Artificial Intelligence8Natural Language Processing1Software Development2Software Engineering1KubernetesJava3C++1Python1FlutterGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)
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MatlabSQLObjective-CFrom Gavin's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gavin Saldanha?
- Gavin Saldanha is a software engineer with machine learning and natural language processing expertise who previously led engineering teams at Cauzal AI and Stacked, and worked at Google Cloud. He holds an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and a master's degree from Columbia University, and has published research on text generation.
- Where does Gavin Saldanha work?
- Gavin Saldanha is Founder of Lightscreen AI.
- What companies did Gavin Saldanha found?
- Gavin Saldanha founded Lightscreen AI.
- Where did Gavin Saldanha go to school?
- Gavin Saldanha studied at Columbia University (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).
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