Gaurav Ragtah is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur in San Francisco, serving as Co-Founder and CEO of CatalyzeX, which aims to be the global town square for computational builders accelerating ML R&D. With 14 years of experience across ML, data engineering, and product leadership, he has driven high-impact work at Yelp, Google Nest, Klout, and SlideShare, including a 50% reduction in payment fraud at Yelp. A TED Resident and speaker on machine learning and AI, he cultivates insight-driven product strategy and communicates complex ideas to researchers, engineers, and founders. He supports early-stage founders as an angel investor through Self, backing ventures that span fintech, AR/VR, and AI, while building CatalyzeX with notable backers and angel advisors. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Columbia University and a BA in CS and Applied Mathematics from Colgate, with prior roles that shaped his hands-on engineering and scalable platform mindset.
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