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1,228 people in our graph share verified history with Nikhil — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Paul KwanunlockedNikhil: together at Stanford University (2013–2014)
×4Nikhil: together at Dropbox
Nikhil: together at Stanford University
×6Nikhil: together at Anthropic
About
Nikhil Bhargava holds a PhD from MIT in conflict-directed learning within multi-agent systems and previously worked as a Product Manager at Dropbox. He is now building Metamanagement, which provides deployment services for B2B software products into customer environments.
Founder at MetamanagementYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Nikhil went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- AnthropicMember of Technical Staffcurrent2023 — present
- SecurityPalVP, Product & Engineering2021 — 2023
- Metamanagement, inc.Founder/CEO (YC S20)2019 — 2021San Francisco
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyResearch Assistant2016 — 2020
- DropboxProduct Manager2014 — 2016
- Stanford University - Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryResearch Assistant2013 — 2014
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Nikhil Bhargava?
- Nikhil Bhargava holds a PhD from MIT in conflict-directed learning within multi-agent systems and previously worked as a Product Manager at Dropbox. He is now building Metamanagement, which provides deployment services for B2B software products into customer environments.
- Where does Nikhil Bhargava work?
- Nikhil Bhargava is Founder of Metamanagement.
- What companies did Nikhil Bhargava found?
- Nikhil Bhargava founded Metamanagement.
- Where did Nikhil Bhargava go to school?
- Nikhil Bhargava studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)); Stanford University (MS, Computer Science); Stanford University (BS, Symbolic Systems).
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