Kunal Menda
Board Member - Supervisory Board at Stealth Startup
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKunal Menda is an AI-focused technologist and founder with 11 years of experience bridging academic robotics research and industry-scale AI infrastructure. Currently a supervisory board member at RMZ and founding a stealth AI company, he previously led research at BlackRock AI Labs where he applied model-based reinforcement learning and system identification to practical problems. He holds a PhD in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford and dual bachelor’s degrees in Engineering and Economics from Harvey Mudd and Claremont McKenna, reflecting a rare mix of rigorous systems thinking and market-aware judgment. His doctoral work on enabling robots to act intelligently in unfamiliar environments informs his current focus on robust, production-ready ML systems. Based in New York but born and schooled in Bangalore, he pairs deep technical expertise with leadership across both research and governance roles.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics at Claremont McKenna CollegeBachelor's Degree, Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Engineering at Harvey Mudd CollegeMallya Aditi International SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Stanford University
English, Hindi
Github Skills (24)
system-identification8
python8
localization8
expectation-maximization8
robotics7
machine-learning7
gpu7
deep-learning7
openai-gym6
neural-network5
numpy5
algorithm5
deep-reinforcement-learning4
reinforcement-learning4
gpu-acceleration3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sisl/RoombaPOMDPs.jl
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
Formulation of Roomba localization as a POMDP
Contributions:24 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 11 months
localization
sisl/event-driven-rllab
Feb 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:38 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
reinforcement-learning-algorithmsdevelopingreinforcement-learningdeep-reinforcement-learninglearning-algorithms
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