Hi!

My name is Ayush Kanodia. I co-founded and am working on a startup building an AI-augmented knowledge consumption experience. I’m focused on new business models that emerge from building compelling product experiences using AI and large recommendation systems.

During my PhD at Stanford University, I was advised by the awesome Susan Athey and co-advised by Emma Brunskill, working at the intersection of Machine Learning and Economics. I also earned an MA in Economics from Stanford. Before that, I did a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Bombay, India.

Experience

In reverse chronological order:

• Co-Founder and CTO, MoveUp AI (Jan 2024 - Dec 2024), conceptualized and developed an AI-agent-first career development product and technology
• Software Engineer, Google (London), working on Text-to-Speech (Sep 2015 - Sep 2016)
• Research Intern, Microsoft Research (Redmond) Mobility and Networking Group, advised by Stefan Saroiu (May 2014 - Jul 2014)
• Researcher, IST Austria (Vienna), advised by Krishnendu Chatterjee (May 2013 - Jul 2013)
• UG Thesis, IIT Bombay, where I worked with Soumen Chakrabarti and S Sudarshan.

Education

• PhD - Computer Science, Stanford University
• MA - Economics, earned concurrently with PhD CS at Stanford
• B.Tech - Computer Science with Honors and Minor in Applied Statistics and Informatics, IIT Bombay, India
• High School - Don Bosco School Park Circus, Kolkata, India

Feel free to check out my research or read my occasional blog posts.

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