Gaurav Ragtah
Product at Self
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGaurav Ragtah is a technical product leader and founder with 14 years of experience building AI-enhanced products and developer tooling from early startups to Google and Yelp. He founded CatalyzeX to help researchers and engineers discover open-source AI code at scale and now leads an AI Product Engineer effort at Milana to autonomously improve products. His background spans machine learning research (Columbia’s Blei Lab), large-scale social data systems (Klout, Lithium, SlideShare), and product ownership that measurably reduced fraud and improved platform performance. A TED Resident and frequent media-featured entrepreneur, he blends psychology, linguistics, and design thinking into product strategy to prioritize people over “users.” He’s also an active angel investor and connector in the AI ecosystem, known for turning research and signals into practical, production-ready systems. An early founder in India (ThisYaThat) and co-inventor on a patented search engine, he brings both global startup grit and rigorous technical depth.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Global Founder (SkyDeck), Global Founder (SkyDeck) at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Applied Mathematics at Colgate UniversitySpringdales SchoolSpringdales School, IndiaExchange semester, Computer Science, Exchange semester, Computer Science at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Columbia University
English, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Sanskrit, French, Greek, Welsh, Spanish, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (69)
continuation10
python10
deep-learning10
automl10
pace10
javascript10
chatgpt10
js10
data-visualization10
nlp10
gpt10
data-visualizations10
react-router-dom10
data-analysis10
pytorch10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
gragtah/unshorten
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
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Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
klout/Cloud9
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
cloud9big-datasparkhadoopkafka
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