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Varun Kacholia

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Co-Founder & CTO at Viven · CTO & Co-Founder at Eightfold AI

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedEightfold AIViven

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563 people in our graph share verified history with Varun — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Kanu GulatiunlockedVarun: together at Viven (2025–2026)
×5Varun: together at Eightfold AI
×5Varun: together at University of Waterloo
Varun: together at Facebook

Co-Founder & CTO at Viven

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Viven's investors · 4

Foundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2025Operator CollectivePalo Alto · $500K – $1.5M checksTau VenturesPalo Alto · $500K checks

Co-founders at Viven

AGAshutosh Garg
Ashutosh GargCo-Founder & CEO

CTO & Co-Founder at Eightfold AI

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Eightfold AI's investors · 7

Capital One VenturesMcLean · since 2020Foundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checks · since 2020General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2020IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2020Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2020SoftBank Vision FundLondonSouth Park CommonsSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks

Co-founders at Eightfold AI

AGAshutosh Garg
Ashutosh GargCEO & Co-Founder

Experience

  1. eightfold.aiCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2016 — presentMountain View, CA
  2. VivenCo-Founder & CTO2025 — 2026
  3. FacebookEngineering Director, News Feed2011 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
  4. Google Inc.Senior Staff Software Engineer2005 — 2011Mountain View, CA
  5. University of WaterlooResearch Assistant2003

Skills & more

Agentic AI DevelopmentLarge Language Models (LLM)Deep LearningDistributed Systems3Machine Learning4Ranking3Recommendations

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Varun Kacholia?
CTO & Co-Founder at Eightfold AI
Where does Varun Kacholia work?
Varun Kacholia is CTO & Co-Founder of Eightfold AI and Co-Founder & CTO at Viven.
What companies did Varun Kacholia found?
Varun Kacholia founded Eightfold AI, Viven.
Where did Varun Kacholia go to school?
Varun Kacholia studied at University of California, Berkeley (Master's degree, Computer Science); Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (B. Tech, Computer Science).

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