Varun Kacholia
FounderFounder at Viven · CTO & Co-Founder at Eightfold AI
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedEightfold AIViven
Founder at Viven
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Viven's investors · 4
Co-founders at Viven
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Ashutosh GargFounder
CTO & Co-Founder at Eightfold AI
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Eightfold AI's investors · 5
Co-founders at Eightfold AI
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Ashutosh GargCEO & Co-Founder
Experience
- eightfold.aiCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2016 — presentMountain View, CA
- VivenCo-Founder & CTO2025 — 2026
- FacebookEngineering Director, News Feed2011 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
- Google Inc.Senior Staff Software Engineer2005 — 2011Mountain View, CA
- 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 Founder 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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