About
Rakesh Utekar is a Technical Builder and AI Engineer at AI Fund with experience in retrieval-augmented generation, speech-to-speech systems, and vector databases. He is pursuing a Master of Computer Science with a Data Science specialization at Seattle University, where he serves as a Teaching Assistant for Visual Analytics, and previously interned as a Machine Learning Engineer at SlashRTC, where he built speech-to-text models using Python and TensorFlow.
Experience
- AI FundTechnical Builder - AI Engineercurrent2025 — presentMountain View, California, United States
- Ditto AIAI Engineer2025Berkeley, California, United States
- JetskiAIFounding AI/ML Engineer2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Seattle University College of Science and EngineeringResearch Assistant2024 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
- Melp App, Inc.Software Developer(AI/ML)2025San Francisco Bay Area
- SuperIntroAI Software Engineer2024 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- SizzleAI Engineer2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Seattle University College of Science and EngineeringTeaching Assistant2024Seattle, Washington, United States
- SlashRTCMachine Learning Engineer2021 — 2022
- SlashRTCMachine Learning Intern2021Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Computer Society of IndiaCreative Head2020 — 2021Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Computer Society of IndiaJoint Creative Head2019 — 2020Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Commtex Solutions Pvt LtdWeb Developer2019 — 2020Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Skills & more
TensorFlow1Openai1LightRAG1GraphRagKnowledge Graph-Based SearchEvaluation pipelineSpeech ProcessingNatural Language GenerationNatural LanguageRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)HuggingfaceTransformers
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Speech-to-Speech TranslationPython FrameworksPipelinesApplication Programming Interfaces (API)Technical WritingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Social Media EvangelistSocial MediaGenerative AI ToolsGenerative AIProblem SolvingBloggingFrom Rakesh's professional profile.
Colleagues at AI Fund
Andrew Ng
Managing General Partner at AI Fund
Andy Ku
Partner at AI Fund
Anthony Soohoo
Venture Partner at Copper Sky Capital
Bill MacCartney
AI Fund Fellow at AI Fund
Brendan Marx
Engineer at AI Fund
Carlos Alzate
CTO at AI Fund
Dan Landau
Sr. Marketing Manager at AI Fund
Daniel Macklin
Venture Advisor at AI Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rakesh Utekar?
- Rakesh Utekar is a Technical Builder and AI Engineer at AI Fund with experience in retrieval-augmented generation, speech-to-speech systems, and vector databases. He is pursuing a Master of Computer Science with a Data Science specialization at Seattle University, where he serves as a Teaching Assistant for Visual Analytics, and previously interned as a Machine Learning Engineer at SlashRTC, where he built speech-to-text models using Python and TensorFlow.
- Where does Rakesh Utekar work?
- Rakesh Utekar is Technical Builder at AI Fund.
- Where did Rakesh Utekar go to school?
- Rakesh Utekar studied at Seattle University (Master of Computer Science, Computer Science with Data Science Specialization); University of Mumbai (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Engineering); SHARDASHRAM VIDYAMANDIR JUNIOR COLLEGE OF SCIENCE - VOCATIONAL (HSC, Computer Science).
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Also attended University of Mumbai141
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