Summary
Manu Chopra is a founder and technology leader with a decade of experience building AI-enabled social enterprises that create dignified digital work for economically disadvantaged communities. As CEO and Co‑Founder of Karya, he combines a Stanford AI computer science background with on-the-ground experience running programs across 1,000+ Indian villages to deliver high-quality data annotation services and scale pathways out of poverty. He has taught and launched courses on “Tech for Good” at Stanford, led research internships at Microsoft, and patented a safety device as a teenager—evidence of a long-running drive to apply engineering to real social problems. Manu’s approach blends product-minded engineering, grassroots impact, and ethical data practices, and his user-first, mobile‑first model enables anyone with a smartphone to earn fairly compensated work.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at G.D Goenka Public School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Hindi