Anish Polakala

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States5 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Founded six tech startups since middle school.
  • Scaled ventures to over 1 million users.
  • Developed AI systems for major clients like Verizon and NBA.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile tech entrepreneur with expertise in AI, healthcare, and web development.

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About

I’m a serial founder working on cool stuff - started coding at 10 - been on the founding teams of 6 tech startups since middle school - scaled to 1M+ users across ventures - built ai systems for Verizon/NBA/Orange - DM me if you have an idea that'll make money (and/or change the world) X: @apolakala Email: anish.polakala@gmail.com Instagram: @anishtweaksout

Experience

5 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

University of california, berkeley, haas school of business

Head Researcher

Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos

  • -led research team building next-gen agentic AI systems to test drug effectiveness in third world countries

Open project

Senior LLM Developer

Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Berkeley, California, United States

  • -developed custom SLMs to streamline communication on a new kind of social media app

Space technologies at california (stac)

AI Engineer

Aug 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Berkeley, CA · On-site

  • -programmed the ai algorithms for the extended kalman filter on a moon rover, enabling it to move autonomously

Amma

Founder & CEO

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • ai video explainers for healthcare
  • book a demo Ɣ

Suit ai

Founder & CEO

Aug 2024 – Jan 2025 · 5 mos · Fremont, California, United States

  • -launched an AI lawyer in collaboration with an Indian legal team, simplifying legal jargon for immigrant defendants in trial

Uc santa barbara

Data Science Researcher

Jun 2024 – Aug 2024 · 2 mos

  • used neural networks and statistical analysis to predict fish biodiversity in the Morea Coral Reef in the next decade
  • authored research paper establishing causal patterns of biodiversity decline & advocating against poor conservation efforts

Aspiring scholars directed research program (asdrp)

Research Intern

Jun 2023 – Aug 2023 · 2 mos

  • engineered a convolutional neural network to classify skin cancer subtypes from dermatoscopic images
  • designed an early-detection prototype that integrated AI outputs into a diagnostic framework for doctors

Aac telemedicine (acquired)

Founder

Feb 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Fremont, California, United States

  • developed a telemedicine platform enabling doctors to examine their patients online with real-time translation
  • 5Xed customer base for local clinics by facilitating partnerships with retirement homes
  • reached $10K MRR within a year

Whs web development

Founder & President

Aug 2022 – May 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Fremont, California, United States

  • led 100+ beginners through the development and launch of 10+ websites for unprofitable small businesses
  • increased client-wide revenue by 450% and brought in 30,000 new customers
  • authored 20-page digital ops guide, teaching business owners to manage their online presence

Titan web development agency

Founder & CEO

Jun 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • -lead a team of full-stack engineers to launch web applications for small businesses in the Bay Area

Lemonhat

Cofounder and Head of Operations

Oct 2020 – Dec 2025 · 5 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

  • lead a 15-person SWE team to launch of a farm-to-table delivery app for struggling local farmers
  • scaled to 108,000+ users and 3,200+ daily order average within 2 years

Prosimo.io (acquired)

Founding Engineer

Jan 2019 – Feb 2025 · 6 yrs 1 mo

  • built data systems for Verizon and the NBA
  • automated CI/CD pipelines using Python scripts to generate builds of git repos and deployed them across kubernetes clusters & GCP services
  • built dashboards with Apache Superset using queries to ElasticSearch databases, embedding them using JWT token integration

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor's degree

Washington High School

High School Diploma

UC Santa Barbara

Anish Polakala - CEO | Stackforce