Summary
Rohan Katyal is a product-focused technology founder and leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling consumer and monetization products across Yelp, Meta, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Yahoo. As Co-Founder and CEO of Milana he’s building an autonomous AI Product Engineer, backed by top investors and technical leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, Yelp, and Figma. At Meta he launched and scaled Meta Verified into a $1B+ subscription business leading a 70-person global team, and his experimentation work at Yelp was codified in a Harvard Business School case. He blends deep technical roots (Georgia Tech, HCI, and early research work used by government agencies) with product instincts for 0-to-1 launches and growth-stage monetization. Known for translating rigorous experimentation into business impact, he also mentors founders and has a track record of shipping cross-platform products and creator tools. Originally from Delhi, he now operates from San Francisco, combining startup grit with enterprise-scale execution.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer Science & Human Computer Interaction, Master's degree, Computer Science & Human Computer Interaction at Georgia Institute of Technology
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Inria Center at Université Côte d'Azur
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Science, Science at Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram
English, Hindi