From Google to Entelo
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have been reshaping our lives in many ways — from self-driving cars to Alexa speakers — but the #1 concern that everyone has is that AI will eliminate our jobs. I believe that AI can also help us find meaningful and exciting jobs. Entelo is a silicon valley company that is applying AI to help employers find the best talent — it sifts through billions of data points to identify who would be a good fit for a specific job. It is this vision that has attracted me to Entelo.
After almost a decade at Google, leading the Data Science group in Google Cloud, I have decided to join Entelo to further its investment in AI. When I joined Google Cloud, it was a small fledgling operation with a mission to bring the power of cloud to masses. It has grown leaps and bounds since then and introduced some truly amazing computing paradigms like Kubernetes, BigQuery, TensorFlow and TPUs. My mission now is to help Entelo build world-class AI products.
Entelo has already achieved strong customer adoption — counting Netflix, Slack, Pinterest, GE and Cisco as customers, as well as solid investor traction — over $40M in funding from top tier VC firms like Battery, USVP and Shasta Ventures. The next phase is now all about creating amazing AI-powered user experiences that can connect the right talent to the right job — creating value for job seekers, employers and our society as a whole.
We will be tackling some of the hardest and most exciting AI problems at Entelo — applying NLP to understand the intent of a job and qualifications of a candidate to make the right connection. Not relying on string matches and regexes. Entelo has amassed some proprietary data that can signal the willingness to change jobs or relocate among potential job candidates. Employers can use this latent information in the various ML algorithms to attract the top talent and to boost diversity hiring — drawing qualified talent from underrepresented segments like women, minority and veterans.
I am particularly thrilled about joining a team that cares about solving tough problems while at the same time helping each other grow and develop. Entelo has one of the happiest teams in the valley that I have personally met. No wonder they are among the best rated companies to work for according to glassdoor!
Looking forward to an exciting future at Entelo.
Gaurav
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