Chetan Nandakumar, PhD

Co-Founder/CEO @ Rio: AI co-pilot for SMBs running on WhatsApp

AI and impact are my life's passions. As a UC Berkeley AI PhD with 10+ years of experience launching breakthrough products, I am driven to create AI products that make positive impact on society. I've been an early team member of RecruitBot - AI for Recruiting, LeapMotion - AI for 3D Gesture Control, and Modista - AI for online apparel search.

near.org

gensyn.ai

celofoundation.org

ibm.com

ultraleap.com

San Francisco Bay Area

Contact info

cnandakumar

Experience

Founder/CEO

Fluora

• www.linkedin.com/company/fluora

Mar 2025 - Present

Director of Product Management

NEAR Protocol

• www.linkedin.com/company/near-protocol-project

Aug 2024 - Jan 2025

VP of Products

Gensyn

• www.linkedin.com/company/gensynai

Nov 2023 - Jun 2024

EIR

Celo Foundation

• www.linkedin.com/company/celo-foundation

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022

San Francisco Bay Area

ML + Backend Engineering

RecruitBot

• www.linkedin.com/company/therecruitbot

Sep 2019 - Jun 2022

San Francisco Bay Area

Founder

Unifyre

• www.linkedin.com/company/unifyre

Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

San Francisco Bay Area

Product Innovation & Developer Relations Manager

Leap Motion

• www.linkedin.com/company/leap-motion

Jan 2013 - Jun 2014

San Francisco Bay Area