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Kavinayan: together at Montgomery High School
Kavinayan: together at Duke University Graduate School
About
Kavinayan Sivakumar holds a PhD from Duke University's Electrical and Computer Engineering program, where he worked with Dr. Michael Zavlanos on transferring knowledge between heterogeneous agents. He focuses on building technology companies that address difficult problems, and has prior experience in venture capital through a fellowship as well as operator experience at an incubator.
Experience
- GardenFounding ML Research Engineercurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- ScholarAIFounding AI Scientist2023 — 2024
- Duke Capital PartnersLead AI/ML Associate2023 — 2024Durham, North Carolina, United States
- Duke University Pratt School of EngineeringPHD2018 — 2023Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
- Nassau Street VenturesFellow2019 — 2020
- Ford Motor CompanyIntern2018Dearborn, MI
- MIT Aerospace Controls LabResearch Associate2017Greater Boston
- MIT Aerospace Controls LabResearch Associate2016Greater Boston
- University of Pennsylvania GRASP LabResearch Associate on Payroll2015Philadelphia, PA
- SRI InternationalResearch Associate on Payroll2014Princeton, NJ
- SRI InternationalResearch Associate on Payroll2013Princeton, NJ
- Boston UniversityResearch Associate2012Boston, MA
Skills & more
Large Language Models (LLM)Human-in-the-Loop Machine LearningLLM EvaluationMachine LearningStartupsAlgorithm DesignAlgorithm AnalysisNeural NetworksComputer VisionVenture CapitalArtificial Intelligence (AI)Reinforcement Learning
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OptimizationResearchRoboticsEntrepreneurshipCJavaC++Public SpeakingPythonOpenCVLanguages English · Spanish
From Kavinayan's professional profile.
Colleagues at Duke Capital Partners
A'nna Kelly
Senior Associate at Duke Capital Partners
A’nna Kelly
Senior Associate at Duke Capital Partners
Annika Farkas
MBA Associate at Duke Capital Partners
Ashita Birla
Associate at Duke Capital Partners
Austin Dixon
Special Advisor at Duke Capital Partners
Blake Bacevich
MBA Associate at Duke Capital Partners
Blake Ohanesian
Law Associate at Duke Capital Partners
Bobby Y.X. Ni
PhD Associate at Duke Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kavinayan Sivakumar?
- Kavinayan Sivakumar holds a PhD from Duke University's Electrical and Computer Engineering program, where he worked with Dr. Michael Zavlanos on transferring knowledge between heterogeneous agents. He focuses on building technology companies that address difficult problems, and has prior experience in venture capital through a fellowship as well as operator experience at an incubator.
- Where does Kavinayan Sivakumar work?
- Kavinayan Sivakumar is Special Advisor at Duke Capital Partners.
- Where did Kavinayan Sivakumar go to school?
- Kavinayan Sivakumar studied at Duke University Graduate School (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence); Princeton University (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Montgomery High School (High School).
Same school
Also attended Duke University Graduate School1
Also attended Princeton University879
Fabrice GrindaCo-founder & Managing Partner at FJ LabsRyan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Dario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordCat WuInvestor at Index VenturesAndrewAdvisor at Clear Ventures
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Also attended Montgomery High School6
Eugene "Gene" PodsiadloSenior Strategic Advisor, Special Limited Partner at AI CapitalJoe DarcyInvestment Director at Volvo Group Venture Capital ABGina SharpPresident, Linden Oaks Hospital at Endeavor Health VenturesMichelle HeAssociate at Charlesbank Capital PartnersAlan ZhaoFounder at Warmly,Henry ZhangFounder at Axiom
Shared employers
Also worked at Duke Capital Partners31
Craig HardingInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsBlair WilletteAssociate at KdT VenturesPhillip GrahamSenior Associate at Pappas CapitalSamir ShahVenture Partner at Cervin VenturesV. Cary RitterSenior Assistant Director at Duke Capital PartnersDaniel LuoAssistant Director at Duke Capital Partners
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Also worked at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering14
Auriel AugustPrincipal at Sante VenturesElisa Torres DurneyIntern Accelerator & Venture Builder at QAI VenturesAuriel August, MDPrincipal at Sante VenturesLuca ValliniAssociate at Clessidra Capital CreditRob LeeVenture Partner at DataTribeDanny CarboneroInvestment Associate at PsyMed Ventures
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