Manikanta Kondeti is a Head of AI and seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building AI-native products and scalable systems from 0→1 to millions of users. He blends deep technical rigor—spanning production ML systems, warehouse-scale infrastructure, and observability—with sharp product intuition honed across startup pivots and enterprise logistics at udaan. As a founding AI engineer at a Lightspeed-backed startup he shipped multiple pivots, drove $150K ARR products, and learned GTM and fundraising realities firsthand. He has a proven track record of turning ambiguous problems into elegant, high-leverage systems (e.g., a catch-weight framework that saved ~$3M GMV and a WMS handling 1M+ weekly orders). Based in Bengaluru, he brings a high-ownership, execution-first mindset and a talent for mentoring teams through technical reinvention. Less obvious: he pairs pragmatic product instincts with low-level engineering chops—from routing and optimization work in GSoC to building AFCS data warehouses—making him effective across research, infra, and product execution.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology and MS by Research (Dual) Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology and MS by Research (Dual) Computer Science at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)
High School High School/Secondary Certificate Programs, High School High School/Secondary Certificate Programs at Gowtham Concept School, Gudiwada
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