Pujun Bhatnagar
Cofounder, CEO at Stanford University
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolPujun Bhatnagar is a machine-learning focused founder and CEO based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience building production-grade AI systems and teams. After five years as a Senior ML Engineer and Tech Lead at Facebook working on filtering and ranking for Stories, he left to cofound and now lead Kintsugi, where he directs the creation of vertical, indirect-tax models that power the company’s AI engine. He blends deep technical chops from Stanford CS research and hands-on full‑stack contributions to well-known open-source projects like CodaLab Competitions with recent startup acceleration at StartX and an HBS MBA. A practiced educator, he now guest-lectures at Stanford, signaling an unusual mix of operator, researcher, and teacher who moves models from prototype to real-world revenue impact.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Delhi Public School RohiniBachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Metz, FranceBachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of OxfordMaster of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Harvard Business SchoolWillem’s Fellow | MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Willem’s Fellow | MBA, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyIndian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi)Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at Stanford University
English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi
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Github Skills (13)
tournament10
markdown10
javascript10
markdown-it10
react10
css9
api6
apidoc6
python5
benchmark4
artificial-intelligence4
machine-learning4
science4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
codalab/codalab-competitions
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
CodaLab Competitions
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:51 commits, 74 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Pujun contributed to the front-end and back-end of the CodaLab Competitions platform. Their work involved fixing setup scripts, modifying the user interface, and adding new features like the Ace editor for markdown editing. They also made changes to the bundle management system and improved the side panel functionality. Additionally, they made improvements to the CSS and button styling, and made authentication improvements for editing.
benchmarksartificial-intelligencesciencemachine-learning
pbhatnagar3/Intro_to_ML
Mar 2018 - Sep 2019
Contributions:8 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
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