Naveen Rao - CEO and Co-founder @ Unconventional AI

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Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Primary Job Title CEO and Co-founder
Primary Organization
Unconventional AI

Location San Diego, California, United States
Regions Greater San Diego Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Naveen Rao is the Founder and CEO of Unconventional AI. He became a Board Member of Beacon Biosignals. He earned his doctorate in Neuroscience from Brown University.

Personal Investments

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Naveen Rao

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Topos Bio

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, when

Topos Bio

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Topos Bio	—	Seed Round - Topos Bio	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Unconventional AI	—	Seed Round - Unconventional AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sphinx	—	Seed Round - Sphinx	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	DatologyAI	—	Seed Round - DatologyAI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	NeuReality	—	Seed Round - NeuReality	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	XOKind	—	Pre Seed Round - XOKind	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	formsense	No	Seed Round - formsense	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Paperspace	Intel Capital	Yes	Series A - Paperspace	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Gamalon	Intel Capital	Yes	Series A - Gamalon	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Element AI	Intel Capital	No	Series A - Element AI	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Number of Past Jobs

Naveen Rao

has

current jobs as

CEO and Co-founder

Unconventional AI

and

CEO and Co-Founder

MosaicML

. Additionally,

Naveen Rao

has had

past jobs including

CorpVP and General Manager of Artificial Intelligence Products Group

Intel

Unconventional AI CEO and Co-founderSep 2025
MosaicML CEO and Co-FounderDec 2020

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Intel	CorpVP and General Manager of Artificial Intelligence Products Group	May 2017	Mar 2020
Intel	Vice President and General Manager (Intel acquisition)	Aug 2016	May 2017
Nervana	Founder & Chief Executive Officer	Feb 2014	Aug 2016
Qualcomm	Part of Qualcomm’s Neuromorphic Research Group	Oct 2012	Feb 2014
W&W Communications	Principal Engineer	Dec 2005	May 2008
Sun Microsystems	Staff Engineer	Apr 2004	Dec 2005
Kealia	Design & Verfication Engineer	Aug 2002	Apr 2004
Caly Networks	Design & Verification Engineer	Sep 1999	Apr 2002
TeraGen	Design & Verification Engineer	Nov 1998	Sep 1999

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Naveen Rao

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board member

NeuReality

Scientific advisory board

Allen Institute

, and

Board Member

Beacon Biosignals

NeuReality Board memberSep 2020
Allen Institute Scientific advisory boardNov 2019
Beacon Biosignals Board MemberNov 2019

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Block	Board Member	Nov 2017	Apr 2020

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