Shloak Rathod

Currently, I'm at Netic AI (backed by Founders Fund), working on engineering & growth and bringing AI to America's backbone. Previously, I built Poke.com (launch) at The Interaction Company of California (backed by GC). In 2024, I won 2nd overall at TreeHacks for early Vision Pro work just two weeks after launch (~$10k, 400k+ views) and won three prizes at HackMIT and CalHacks for TinyML systems and parallel GPU processing on iPhones projects. Earlier, I grew up in Mumbai, published research at IEEE COMPSAC aged 16, won at UPenn and UMich hackathons (while I was in HS), and sold software to businesses building an online presence during the pandemic. I also now study Math, Econ, and CS at UCLA.

I enjoy 🕺🌇 house music, 🌍 travelling, 🎮⚽ FIFA, podcasts, and essays.

📍 Mumbai, Palo Alto, and now Los Angeles.