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Rishi Madhok

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CEO & Co-founder at Terrabyte

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTerrabyte

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About

Rishi Madhok is the CEO and co-founder of TerraByte AI, a company developing foundation models and a platform for Earth intelligence that fuse optical, synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral, and thermal data. He previously led geospatial AI initiatives at Microsoft Planetary Computer and built perception systems for self-driving vehicles at Uber ATG. He holds a master's degree in computer vision from Carnegie Mellon University and has authored more than 15 papers and patents at conferences including NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, and CVPR.

CEO & Co-founder at Terrabyte

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Ascend Venture CapitalSeattle · $250K – $750K checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Terrabyte

FYFuxun Yu
Fuxun YuCTO & Co-founder

Experience

  1. TerraByte AICEO & Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. MicrosoftPrincipal Applied Science Manager2024 — 2025Seattle, Washington, United States
  3. MicrosoftSenior Applied Science Manager2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. MicrosoftData & Applied Science Lead2022Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. MicrosoftData & Applied Scientist II2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
  6. MicrosoftData & Applied Scientist2020 — 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
  7. Carnegie Mellon UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2019Greater Pittsburgh Region
  8. UberPerception Intern2019Greater Pittsburgh Region
  9. Carnegie Mellon UniversityGraduate Teaching Assistant2019Greater Pittsburgh Region
  10. Carnegie Mellon UniversityVisting Reseach Scholar2018Greater Pittsburgh Region
  11. IBMResearch Intern2017New Delhi Area, India
  12. Design Innovation CentreResearch Intern2016 — 2017University of Delhi
  13. ShopCluesAndroid Developer Intern2016Gurugram, Haryana, India

Skills & more

C++15Python1Microsoft Office10Microsoft Word9Microsoft Excel9HTML7C4java3Matlab2PowerPoint2Leadership2Public Speaking2
+10 moreManagementGeospatial IntelligenceMachine LearningResearchComputer VisionAndroid DevelopmentOctaveQuantum ComputingLarge Language Models (LLMs)Generative AI

Languages English · French · Hindi

  • 2nd ESA-NASA Workshop on AI Foundation Models for Earth Observation — NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Masters of Science in Computer Vision — Carnegie Mellon University
  • Introduction to Quantum Computing — LinkedIn
  • Machine Learning — Coursera Course Certificates

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Rishi Madhok?
Rishi Madhok is the CEO and co-founder of TerraByte AI, a company developing foundation models and a platform for Earth intelligence that fuse optical, synthetic aperture radar, hyperspectral, and thermal data. He previously led geospatial AI initiatives at Microsoft Planetary Computer and built perception systems for self-driving vehicles at Uber ATG. He holds a master's degree in computer vision from Carnegie Mellon University and has authored more than 15 papers and patents at conferences including NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, and CVPR.
Where does Rishi Madhok work?
Rishi Madhok is CEO & Co-founder of Terrabyte.
What companies did Rishi Madhok found?
Rishi Madhok founded Terrabyte.
Where did Rishi Madhok go to school?
Rishi Madhok studied at Carnegie Mellon University (Master of Science - MS, Computer Vision); Delhi College of Engineering (Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Engineering); Modern School, Barakhamba Road (High School).

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Delhi College of Engineering mafia31

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Modern School, Barakhamba Road mafia3

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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University631

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AILucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesGuillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AIJoshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGenJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Also attended Delhi College of Engineering55

Piyush KharbandaGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Madhur MakkarPrincipal, Asia at RTP GlobalAbhishek SrivastavaGeneral Partner at Kae CapitalHarinder TakharAdvisor at Roots VenturesRaman KhannaManaging Director at Dell Technologies CapitalSanket AgrawalExecutives in Residence at GENERAL INCEPTION

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Karan KathpaliaVice President at Sauce.vcSanna BediInnovation Specialist at UNICEF Innovation FundArjun soinAdvisor at Longtail VenturesVineet JainChief Executive Officer at Egnyte

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Also worked at Microsoft1,827

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic

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Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University238

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorCindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesMaryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future VenturesSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures Llc

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Also worked at Uber542

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in StartupsAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGarrett CampCo-founder of Uber and StumbleUpon; founder of ExpaRaquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of WaabiGergely NemethSenior Engineering Manager at DoorDash; co-founder of RisingStack

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Also worked at IBM1,143

Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseOlivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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