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SomnathunlockedPrakhar: together at Walmart Global Tech (2018–2019)
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×2Prakhar: together at Caltech
About
Prakhar Mehrotra is Senior Vice President and Head of AI at PayPal, overseeing companywide AI efforts. He previously served as Managing Director of AI at Blackstone, where he led AI implementation across portfolio companies, and as Vice President & Officer of AI at Walmart, leading data science teams across merchandising, supply chain, store operations, and energy. Earlier in his career he led ML teams at Uber and worked as a data scientist at Twitter.
Invests in
AI & Machine Learning
Experience
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineElected Member, Planning Committee on Integration of AI in the Electricity Systemcurrent2026 — presentWashington, DC
- National Academy of SciencesElected Member, Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Changecurrent2025 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
- Premji InvestCXO Board Membercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- PayPalSVP, Global Head of AIcurrent2025 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
- BlackstoneManaging Director & Head of AI2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Walmart Global TechCorporate Vice President - Applied AI Walmart US2023 — 2024Sunnyvale
- Walmart Global TechVice President - Machine Learning, Merchandising & Supply Chain, US2020 — 2023Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Walmart Global TechSenior Director, Machine Learning2018 — 2020Sunnyvale
- Rutgers Business SchoolBoard Member - Supply Chain Analytics Institute2023 — 2024
- GoogleGoogle Cloud AI Council - Advisory Member2020 — 2022
- UberSenior Data Science Manager2017 — 2018San Francisco, California
- UberData Science Manager2016 — 2017San Francisco, California
- UberSenior Data Scientist2015 — 2016San Francisco, California
- TwitterSr. Data Scientist, Sales & Monetization2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- California Institute of TechnologyPhD Candidate, Aeronautics2010 — 2013Pasadena, CA
- California Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant2009 — 2011
- California Institute of TechnologyGraduate Teaching Assistant: Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering2010 — 2011Pasadena, CA
- California Institute of TechnologyGraduate Teaching Assistant:Fluid Mechanics2009 — 2010Pasadena, CA
- Insight Data ScienceFellow2013Mountain View
- Keck Institute for Space StudiesStudent Co-Lead: Caltech Space Challenge2011Pasadena, CA
- ITC LimitedManagement Trainee2007
Skills & more
Analysis4ManagementLeadershipGenerative AI1Machine LearningDeep Learning2Cloud Computing1Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data Science1Data Analysis26Algorithms16Analytics11
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Data MiningStatisticsFluid MechanicsBig DataResearchMathematical ModelingSimulationsNumerical ModelingQuantitative AnalyticsEconometricsComputer VisionStatistical ModelingLanguages English · Hindi
- IEEE Senior Member — IEEE Computer Society
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Colleagues at Premji Invest
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Prakhar Mehrotra?
- Prakhar Mehrotra is Senior Vice President and Head of AI at PayPal, overseeing companywide AI efforts. He previously served as Managing Director of AI at Blackstone, where he led AI implementation across portfolio companies, and as Vice President & Officer of AI at Walmart, leading data science teams across merchandising, supply chain, store operations, and energy. Earlier in his career he led ML teams at Uber and worked as a data scientist at Twitter.
- Where does Prakhar Mehrotra work?
- Prakhar Mehrotra is at Premji Invest.
- What does Prakhar Mehrotra invest in?
- Prakhar Mehrotra invests in AI & Machine Learning.
- Where did Prakhar Mehrotra go to school?
- Prakhar Mehrotra studied at Caltech (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace); Harvard Business School Online (Executive Education, Leadership | Strategy | Finance); École Polytechnique (Masters, Mechanics).
Same school
Also attended Caltech231
Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia CapitalDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of AnthropicFei-Fei LiCo-founder & CEO of World Labs; Sequoia Professor of Computer Science at StanfordScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Seth LieblichInvestment Team at 8VCSusannah BarbeeVice President, Translational Immunology at Deerfield Management Company
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Also attended Harvard Business School Online245
MariaInvestor at InvestinorKelsey BeausoleilBusiness Development Network at Redpoint VenturesOliver MarquesPartner, Capital Formation at March Capital PartnersJohn DemeterInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff RoseAdvisor at AI CapitalRobAdvisor at TFX Capital
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Also attended École Polytechnique238
Arthur MenschCo-founder & CEO of Mistral AIGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIThomas WolfCo-founder & Chief Science Officer of Hugging FaceRodolphe ArdantFounder & President of SpendeskCyriac ParisotInvestor at Index VenturesMichal NatoraSenior Investment Director - Industrial IT & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
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Also attended National Institute of Technology2
Shared employers
Also worked at PayPal207
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and AddeparMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC
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Also worked at Walmart Global Tech18
SomnathTechnology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear VenturesZach PoleyPartner and Chief Technology Officer at Clear VenturesPourya MoradiPrincipal at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcDenise TengPartner at Gradient VenturesHarshil VejendlaInvestor at Tq Ventures LlcTimothy WeePartner at FirsthandVC
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Also worked at Rutgers Business School8
Dina RaabController at PeakSpan Capital PartnersNeil WolfsonFinTech Operating Partner at RueOne InvestmentsRyan KrausVice President at 1315 CapitalRonak ParikhAdvisory Board at Armory Square VenturesMark Mueller EbersteinInvestor at Swan Venture FundAlex KatesFounder/CEO at Vetcove
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Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
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