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Paril Jain

Unicorn founder

Founder at TheBotCompany

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTheBotCompany$2B

About

Paril Jain is the founder and CTO of The Bot Company, which develops home robots and has raised over $300M. He previously worked at Tesla AI as Head of Planning, Imitation Learning, and RL, leading efforts on FSD V12, Actually Smart Summon, Robotaxi, and Autopilot. His experience includes scaling models for robotics and self-driving.

Founder at TheBotCompany

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TheBotCompany's investors · 9

Daft CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $2M checksFactorial FundsSan FranciscoFifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksGreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2025Maven VenturesPalo Alto · $1M checksMVP VenturesChicagoQuiet CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checksSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksSV AngelSan Francisco

Co-founders at TheBotCompany

KVKyle Vogt
Kyle VogtFounder

Experience

  1. The Bot CompanyFounder and CTOcurrent2024 — present
  2. TeslaEngineering Lead / Manager, AI2021 — 2024
  3. TeslaSr. Staff ML Engineer2017 — 2024
  4. University of PennsylvaniaGraduate Research Assistant2015 — 2017
  5. F1tenthCo-Founder2015 — 2017
  6. SRI InternationalRobotics Software Intern2016Menlo Park, CA
  7. Azoi IncResearch Engineer2014 — 2015Ahmedabad
  8. Nirma RoboconTeam Lead2010 — 2014

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paril Jain?
Paril Jain is the founder and CTO of The Bot Company, which develops home robots and has raised over $300M. He previously worked at Tesla AI as Head of Planning, Imitation Learning, and RL, leading efforts on FSD V12, Actually Smart Summon, Robotaxi, and Autopilot. His experience includes scaling models for robotics and self-driving.
Where does Paril Jain work?
Paril Jain is Founder of TheBotCompany.
What companies did Paril Jain found?
Paril Jain founded TheBotCompany.
Where did Paril Jain go to school?
Paril Jain studied at University of Pennsylvania (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); Institute of Technology Nirma University (Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical).

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Shared employers

Also worked at The Bot Company4

Sunny DhillonFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight CapitalCharly MwangiPartner at Eclipse VenturesSol BierFounding Partner at Factorial FundsKyle VogtInvestor at Cruise Automation, Inc.

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Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesJoe GebbiaCo-founder of AirbnbArpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalJustin LiuVice President at Sapphire VenturesErica WaichmanHead of People & Community at Canvas VenturesBen FawEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Context Ventures

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Also worked at University of Pennsylvania122

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Also worked at SRI International29

David MagermanManaging Partner at Differential VenturesRaghu MadabushiInvestment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundLaurie MenoudInvestor at At One VenturesAnnalisa D'AndreaVenture Partner at Longwood FundStefan HeckAdvisor at ChrysalixSteve CiesinskiB2B SaaS / Deep Tech at OVO Fund

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