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Praveen Mandal

Investor

Advisor at Starship Ventures · CEO at Joules AI

San Francisco, California, United States

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Ray ChengunlockedPraveen: together at ChargePoint (2010–2011)
Praveen: together at SGI
×10Praveen: together at MIT Media Lab

About

A serial founder and tech executive named on 10 patents, having founded companies including Pipal Systems (acquired by Riverstone Networks), ChargePoint, and 2predict. He has held SVP of R&D or CTO roles at Riverstone, Lucent, and SGI, and is currently CTO at Volta.

CEO at Joules AI

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Atas VCSanta Monica

Experience

  1. JoulesAICo-founder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. MIT Media LabResearch Affliatecurrent2022 — present
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT Connection Science Fellowcurrent2014 — present
  4. Various StartupsFractional CTO / CPTO2022 — 2025
  5. Volta ChargingChief Technology Officer2019 — 2022
  6. 2predict [acquired by Volta]CEO & Co-founder2018 — 2021
  7. Illinois Institute of TechnologyAdvisory Board Member for Electrical and Computer Engineering Department2014 — 2015
  8. SGISVP of Engineering / SVP & GM, Emerging Technologies2011 — 2014
  9. ChargePointCo-founder & President2007 — 2011
  10. Lucent TechnologiesVP of R&D, Carrier Ethernet Solutions2006
  11. Riverstone Networks [acquired by Lucent]VP of Engineering2003 — 2006
  12. Pipal Systems [acquired by Riverstone]Co-founder & CEO2001 — 2003
  13. ZeitNet Systems, Global Internet, Redback NetworksLead (Formative Stage) Software Engineer1989 — 2000

Colleagues at Starship Ventures

Bharat Mediratta
Advisor at Starship Ventures
David Holz
Founder and CEO at Starship Ventures
Georges Sudarskis
Advisor at Starship Ventures
Hoang Phan
Executive Officer at Starship Ventures
Hugo Peterson
COO & GP at Starship Ventures
Moses Moody
Venture Partner at Starship Ventures
Nick David
Venture Partner at Starship Ventures
Peter Sayn-Wittgenstein
Founder and CEO at Starship Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Praveen Mandal?
A serial founder and tech executive named on 10 patents, having founded companies including Pipal Systems (acquired by Riverstone Networks), ChargePoint, and 2predict. He has held SVP of R&D or CTO roles at Riverstone, Lucent, and SGI, and is currently CTO at Volta.
Where does Praveen Mandal work?
Praveen Mandal is Advisor at Starship Ventures and CEO at Joules AI.
Where did Praveen Mandal go to school?
Praveen Mandal studied at Santa Clara University (Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering).

Founder mafias

ChargePoint mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Pasquale RomanoExecutive Officer, DirectorFounded ChargePoint +1

Starship Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Bharat MedirattaAdvisorFounded AltSchool

Same school

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