Summary
Aditya Sarawgi is a versatile engineering leader and founder with 16 years of experience building ML-driven geo, mapping, and robotics products from prototype to production. Currently bootstrapping a robotics startup as Head Robot in San Francisco, he blends hands-on research (visual odometry, SLAM, control theory) with product and infrastructure expertise developed at Uber, Ampleforth, and earlier roles. At Uber he led strategy for Places and personalization—improving ETA accuracy, destination prediction, and negotiating large mapping partnerships—while also driving research on satellite-imagery segmentation and end-to-end driving models. He favors reasoned, statistically rigorous decision-making, cross-team communication, and compassionate user-centered design, and enjoys shipping practical systems over chasing credentials. His background spans systems work (FreeBSD ext2fs), scalable microservices on Kubernetes, and crypto-economic experiments—reflecting a rare mix of low-level engineering, ML research, and product instincts. Outside work he pursues eclectic interests from small satellites and propulsion to obscure musical instruments like the Sursingar.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bombay Cambridge School
BE Electronics Telecommunication, BE Electronics Telecommunication at University of Mumbai
Master of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Stony Brook University Graduate School