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Prakhar Mehrotra

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Investor at Premji Invest

Saratoga, California, United States

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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.

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AI & Machine Learning

Experience

  1. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineElected Member, Planning Committee on Integration of AI in the Electricity Systemcurrent2026 — presentWashington, DC
  2. National Academy of SciencesElected Member, Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Changecurrent2025 — presentWashington DC-Baltimore Area
  3. Premji InvestCXO Board Membercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. PayPalSVP, Global Head of AIcurrent2025 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
  5. BlackstoneManaging Director & Head of AI2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  6. Walmart Global TechCorporate Vice President - Applied AI Walmart US2023 — 2024Sunnyvale
  7. Walmart Global TechVice President - Machine Learning, Merchandising & Supply Chain, US2020 — 2023Sunnyvale, California, United States
  8. Walmart Global TechSenior Director, Machine Learning2018 — 2020Sunnyvale
  9. Rutgers Business SchoolBoard Member - Supply Chain Analytics Institute2023 — 2024
  10. GoogleGoogle Cloud AI Council - Advisory Member2020 — 2022
  11. UberSenior Data Science Manager2017 — 2018San Francisco, California
  12. UberData Science Manager2016 — 2017San Francisco, California
  13. UberSenior Data Scientist2015 — 2016San Francisco, California
  14. TwitterSr. Data Scientist, Sales & Monetization2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  15. California Institute of TechnologyPhD Candidate, Aeronautics2010 — 2013Pasadena, CA
  16. California Institute of TechnologyGraduate Research Assistant2009 — 2011
  17. California Institute of TechnologyGraduate Teaching Assistant: Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering2010 — 2011Pasadena, CA
  18. California Institute of TechnologyGraduate Teaching Assistant:Fluid Mechanics2009 — 2010Pasadena, CA
  19. Insight Data ScienceFellow2013Mountain View
  20. Keck Institute for Space StudiesStudent Co-Lead: Caltech Space Challenge2011Pasadena, CA
  21. ITC LimitedManagement Trainee2007

Skills & more

Analysis4ManagementLeadershipGenerative AI1Machine LearningDeep Learning2Cloud Computing1Artificial Intelligence (AI)Data Science1Data Analysis26Algorithms16Analytics11
+12 moreData MiningStatisticsFluid MechanicsBig DataResearchMathematical ModelingSimulationsNumerical ModelingQuantitative AnalyticsEconometricsComputer VisionStatistical Modeling

Languages English · Hindi

  • IEEE Senior Member — IEEE Computer Society

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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).

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