Sonali Pattnaik
Co-Founder at Private companies
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSonali Pattnaik is a machine learning leader and entrepreneur with eight years of experience building and deploying production-grade ML/DL systems across insurance, energy, and logistics. As Co-Founder of Lighthouz AI in San Francisco she applies AI agents to automate freight invoicing, AP/AR and dispute resolution—tackling a $1.2T industry problem where 25% of invoices contain errors. Previously a Lead AI Scientist and data science leader, she has delivered end-to-end pipelines on GCP/Kubernetes, filed patents for deep-learning image analysis, and consistently moved research models into containerized production. Sonali combines a strong academic foundation in applied mathematics and data science with hands-on engineering—optimizing models, building monitoring pipelines, and shipping customer-facing tools. An active angel investor focused on YC startups, she blends founder instincts with practical ML product delivery.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Applied Mathematics and data science, Master's degree Applied Mathematics and data science at University of WashingtonY CombinatorColorado School of MinesBachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
English
Github Skills (6)
api6
python4
coco4
deep-learning3
artificial-intelligence3
machine-learning3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
spnaik/FishinNet
Jun 2018 - Feb 2019
Insight AI project
Contributions:49 commits, 51 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
pythoninsight-aideep-learningmachine-learningartificial-intelligence
spnaik/LLM-Evaluation
Nov 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 3 branches in 3 months
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