Vijaysai Patnaik

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States16 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led product development for a $15B AI company
Founded autonomous trucks product line at Waymo
Drove adoption of AI products in Fortune 500 enterprises

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI product development and venture capital.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentUser Experience

Other Skills

Product DevelopmentGo-To-Market StrategyCustomer DeploymentsP&L ManagementDesign LeadershipTeam ManagementTeam LeadershipBusiness GrowthCollaboration with ML ResearchersMarketplace DevelopmentStart-upsDue DiligenceVenture CapitalManagement ConsultingE-commerce

About

Experienced at product development and GTM for deep-tech/AI products. Currently at Applied Intuition, an a16z-backed physical AI company valued at $15B. Past experience includes Waymo (autonomous vehicles), Google, tech startups (e-commerce & logistics), venture capital (Accel Partners), and consulting (McKinsey) across US, India and Israel.

Experience

16 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Applied intuition

2 roles

General Manager

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Directly responsible for product development, GTM, customer deployments, and P&L for major industry vertical, reporting to CEO.

Product DevelopmentGo-To-Market StrategyCustomer DeploymentsP&L ManagementProduct ManagementBusiness Strategy

Head of Product

Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs

Expanded the portfolio to three physical AI product categories. Drove adoption by F500 enterprises across four industry verticals. Led the product management, design and TPM teams, reporting to CEO.

Product ManagementDesign LeadershipTeam ManagementBusiness Development

Waymo

2 roles

Product Lead, Autonomous trucks

Promoted

Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Founded the autonomous trucks product in early 2017. Grew it into a second business line for Waymo (Waymo Via). Built and led a team that worked on all aspects of the technology & business.

Product DevelopmentTeam LeadershipBusiness GrowthProduct ManagementBusiness Strategy

Product Lead, Perception AI

Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Part of Waymo’s early product team that launched and scaled the world's first fully autonomous ride-hailing service. My team and I worked closely with ~200 ML researchers on Perception system.

Product DevelopmentCollaboration with ML ResearchersProduct ManagementUser Experience