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Pradip Thachile
CEO & Founder; previously all things ML and data at Twitter & Yahoo
Pradip Thachile is the CEO and Founder of Eliza, a company he started in May 2023 based in the San Francisco Bay Area.1 Eliza is focused on building a way for therapists to help their clients while avoiding burnout.1
Prior to founding Eliza, Pradip had an extensive career in the tech industry, particularly in machine learning, data science, and data engineering:
Career Highlights
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Twitter: Served as Sr. Director, Cloud Adoption Lead, and Principal Data Scientist from May 2018 to July 2021.1 During his time there, he built and managed a data organization of over 50 people, focusing on improving ML velocity and data science-informed product design.
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Yahoo: Worked as a Manager and Product Hacker from September 2015 to April 2018.1 He led a team responsible for driving over $15 million in incremental top-line revenue each quarter for Yahoo's Display and Video Ads business.
Other Roles
- Advisor at DodgeBall (June 2021 - Present)1
- Managing General Partner at a Real Estate Private Investment Fund (November 2020 - Present)1
Skills and Expertise
Pradip describes himself as an organizational and technical problem solver with experience in:
- Building teams from zero to 60+ members
- Driving technical outcomes in ML/AI, data science, and data platform/engineering
- Working "full stack" across core infrastructure, managed services, and product-facing areas
- Operating on both cloud platforms and private data centers1
His LinkedIn profile username is pradip-thachile-66a61662, and he is based in Oakland, California.1