About
Karttikeya Mangalam is the Founder and CEO of SigIQ.ai, a company developing AI tutors for personalized education, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2025 in consumer technology. He holds a Ph.D. in AI from UC Berkeley, where he was mentored by Prof. Jitendra Malik, and previously held research roles at Google AI, Facebook AI Research, and Stanford Vision Lab. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and has published over 40 research papers cited more than 7,000 times.
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Experience
- SigIQ.aiHead of Engineeringcurrent2023 — presentBerkeley, CA
- Google DeepMindVisiting Research Scientist2023
- University of California, BerkeleyIntroduction to Machine Learning, Graduate Student Instructor2022Berkeley, California, United States
- Facebook AIVisiting Researcher Scientist2020 — 2022Menlo Park, California, United States
- Toyota Research InstituteResearch Intern2019Mountain View
- Stanford University School of EngineeringResearch Assistant2019Stanford, California
- Montréal Institute of Learning AlgorithmsSummer Research Intern2018Montreal, Canada Area
- EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Master's Research Project2017 — 2018Lausanne
- The University of TokyoSummer Research Intern2017Tokyo
- Counselling Service, IIT KanpurCore Team Member - Operations2016 — 2017IIT Kanpur
- Counselling Service, IIT KanpurAcademic Mentor - Introduction to Mechanics (PHY102)2015 — 2016IIT Kanpur
- Counselling Service, IIT KanpurStudent Guide2015 — 2016IIT Kanpur
- Udghosh, IIT KanpurSenior Marketing Executive2015 — 2016IIT Kanpur
- Electrical Engineering AssociationAssistant UG Co-ordinator2015 — 2016IIT Kanpur
- Techkriti, Indian Institute of Technology KanpurSenior Media Executive2015 — 2016IIT Kanpur
- Antaragni IIT KanpurSenior Media Executive2014 — 2015IIT Kanpur
Skills & more
C++10Matlab10Python8Computer Vision2Machine Learning2Natural Language Processing
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- Who is Karttikeya Mangalam?
- Karttikeya Mangalam is the Founder and CEO of SigIQ.ai, a company developing AI tutors for personalized education, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list in 2025 in consumer technology. He holds a Ph.D. in AI from UC Berkeley, where he was mentored by Prof. Jitendra Malik, and previously held research roles at Google AI, Facebook AI Research, and Stanford Vision Lab. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and has published over 40 research papers cited more than 7,000 times.
- Where does Karttikeya Mangalam work?
- Karttikeya Mangalam is Founder of SigIQ.
- What companies did Karttikeya Mangalam found?
- Karttikeya Mangalam founded SigIQ.
- Where did Karttikeya Mangalam go to school?
- Karttikeya Mangalam studied at University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence); Stanford University (Master's degree (Dropout), Artificial Intelligence); Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
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