Chirag Mahapatra — Director of Engineering
We work on evaluation and measurement systems for LLMs and agents. This includes building benchmarks, designing human-in-the-loop workflows, and developing reliable pipelines which run at scale. We also analyze evaluation results to identify patterns, failure modes, and opportunities for model improvement. Previously, I founded Blaze (backed by YC, Lightspeed Faction, Bling Capital and Coinbase Ventures) and led engineering teams at Meta and AirBnb. I also invest in startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused entrepreneur and engineering leader with a strong background in AI and machine learning.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 13 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Machine Learning
- Project Management
- Investment
- Ai Strategy
- Entrepreneurship
- Ai Development
- Engineering Leadership
- Data Engineering
- Teaching
- Data Analysis
- Software Engineering
Career Highlights
- Founded Blaze AI, raising over $5M.
- Led engineering teams at Meta and Airbnb.
- Invests in innovative AI startups.
Work Experience
Mercor
Director of Engineering (1 yr 3 mos)
Startups
Angel Investor (5 yrs 3 mos)
Blaze AI (YC W22)
Founder (4 yrs)
Meta
Engineering Leader (1 yr)
Airbnb
Engineering Leader (3 yrs)
Senior ML Engineer @ Trooly (acquired by Airbnb) (2 yrs)
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Graduate Teaching Assistant (5 mos)
A9.com (an Amazon company)
Software Engineer Intern (1 yr)
Bring Me Food
Founder (1 yr)
Goldman Sachs
Summer Analyst (0 mo)
Education
W22 at Y Combinator
Joint Degree in Computer Science x Booth at University of Chicago
Master's degree at University of California, Berkeley
