Thushan Amarasiriwardena
FounderFounder at Launchpad Toys
Alameda, California, United States
FoundedLaunchpad Toys · YC
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About
Thushan Amarasiriwardena co-founded Launchpad Toys, which was acquired by Google in 2015. He now leads product for large language models on Google Assistant.
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Thushan went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Experience
- The College BoardProduct Management2025 — 2026
- Federation of American ScientistsDigital Services Fellow2025Washington, DC
- Georgetown UniversityDigital Services Fellow – Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation2025
- Executive Office of the PresidentProduct Manager - AI / LLM @ U.S. Digital Service2024 — 2025Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- GoogleLLM / AI – Group Product Manager, Google Assistant + Research + NLP2020 — 2023Mountain View
- GoogleSenior Product Manager, Google Assistant / Google for Families2015 — 2020Mountain View
- Launchpad Toys (acquired by Google)Co-Founder2010 — 2015San Francisco
- Digital Divide DataFellow2009 — 2012Cambodia / Laos / Kenya
- The Boston GlobeSenior Multimedia Journalist2005 — 2007Boston
- Technician - The student newspaper of N.C. State UniversityCo-Editor In Chief2002 — 2004Raleigh
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thushan Amarasiriwardena?
- Thushan Amarasiriwardena co-founded Launchpad Toys, which was acquired by Google in 2015. He now leads product for large language models on Google Assistant.
- Where does Thushan Amarasiriwardena work?
- Thushan Amarasiriwardena is Founder of Launchpad Toys.
- What companies did Thushan Amarasiriwardena found?
- Thushan Amarasiriwardena founded Launchpad Toys.
- Where did Thushan Amarasiriwardena go to school?
- Thushan Amarasiriwardena studied at Y Combinator; North Carolina State University (B.S., Computer Science).
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