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Somnath

Investor

Technology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear Ventures

San Jose, California, United States

About

Somnath leads AI capabilities of Clear's engineering platform, generating insights for sourcing, customers, talent, and capital. He previously built Pinterest's shopping discovery, spent over seven years at Walmart Labs, and was a founding member of Google's WebP team.

Experience

  1. Clear VenturesPartner and Chief Data Scientistcurrent2023 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. Clear VenturesVP of Data Science2023Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. AlectioAdvisor2023San Francisco Bay Area
  4. PinterestHead of Shopping Discovery2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  5. EmbibeAdvisor2019 — 2020
  6. Walmart LabsHead of Search Quality (Director of Machine Learning)2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Walmart LabsSr. Data Science Manager2013 — 2017Sunnyvale, CA
  8. Walmart LabsPrincipal Software Engineer2011 — 2013
  9. GoogleSoftware Engineer2010 — 2011
  10. HPPhD Fellow, HP Labs India2005 — 2009Bangalore, India
  11. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2003 — 2005Greater Hyderabad Area

Skills & more

Python17Machine Learning8Deep Learning6Data Mining9Tensorflow2Algorithms20Ad Tech2Ad Optimization2Hadoop8Java6Data Structures5Ad Targeting1
+4 moreC++LinuxCScalability
  • Prediction and Control with Function Approximation — Coursera
  • Sample-based Learning Methods — Coursera
  • Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning — Coursera
  • Machine Learning: Classification — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Statistical Learning — Stanford University
  • Machine Learning: Regression — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Applied Logistic Regression — Coursera
  • Cluster Analysis in Data Mining — Coursera Course Certificates
  • Linear and Integer Programming — Coursera

From Somnath's professional profile.

Colleagues at Clear Ventures

Adam
Advisor at Clear Ventures
Ali Khan
Advisor at Clear Ventures
Andrew
Advisor at Clear Ventures
Anthony A.
Fellow at Clear Ventures
Arhaan A.
Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures
Aryan Gulati
Fellow at Clear Ventures
Atharva Kulkarni
Fellow at Clear Ventures
Aysha
Advisor at Clear Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Somnath?
Somnath leads AI capabilities of Clear's engineering platform, generating insights for sourcing, customers, talent, and capital. He previously built Pinterest's shopping discovery, spent over seven years at Walmart Labs, and was a founding member of Google's WebP team.
Where does Somnath work?
Somnath is Technology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear Ventures.
Where did Somnath go to school?
Somnath studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (PhD, Text Mining); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Master's degree, Computer Science); Jadavpur University (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science).

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur124

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Also attended Jadavpur University10

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Shared employers

Also worked at Pinterest65

Sarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersBen SilbermannCo-founder of PinterestAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalAaron RuPrincipal at RET VenturesJeff ChangInvestor at Vertex Venture Management Pte. Ltd.

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Also worked at Embibe2

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Also worked at Walmart Labs14

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Also worked at Google1,715

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