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SAMRAT DEEP PRASAD

Senior AI Product Manager | GenAI & LLM Platforms | RAG, MLOps, & Agentic Systems | Driving Enterprise AI Solutions

Greater Bengaluru Area

5+ years of work experience

SambaNova Systems
Nov 20232 yrs 10 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Owned SambaApps, a platform with enterprise-grade Generative AI applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) tailored for our sales teams to drive customer engagement through innovative AI-driven solutions. Key Achievement: Developed one of the industry’s first Document Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application, DocSage, successfully securing a new client. Transitioned to Core Business Platform, leading the Artificial Intelligence Model Training Functionality in our flagship offering Studio , which enables customers to achieve faster model development and drives multi-million-dollar deals Key Achievement : Integrated Data Preparation for native platform support, ensuring seamless AI model training. Standardized error handling for training jobs to enhance user experience. Upgraded CLI and UI to market standards. Currently focused on improving Supervised Fine-Tuning and Post-Training Techniques (e.g., DPO) for LLMs, Cloud offering implementation and later on Multimodal strategy for training functionality through UI, CLI and API and 3P integrations. Samabnova sucessfully retained two key clients—Middle East Oil Company and US Labs—through strategic product improvements for developer experience Hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI/ML tools for exploratory and market analysis, including tools from Replit, Cursor, LangChain, M365 Copilot, OpenAI APIs, Hugging Face Transformers, Lovable, Claude, Groq, Cerebras for platform differentiation. Day to Day Responsiblities Conducted market and competitive research (e.g., Vertex AI, OpenAI) to identify opportunities and inform product direction. Defined PRDs, developed strategic roadmaps, and managed backlogs from concept to launch, aligning on success metrics and AI product vision. Led backlog grooming, sprint planning, and regular demos. Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering, ML, GTM, design, and research teams to address dependencies and drive seamless product execution.
foundit
Aug 202210 mosMay 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Product Manager for a platform managing 0.5M jobs, with ~80% integrated via data mining from career websites using thousands of crawlers, contributing to the pod bringing INR 30 Cr to the business. Managed a team of 5 members to drive roadmap aligned with Product strategy, measure performance metrics, drove alignment with cross-functional teams / internal stakeholders (Engineering , Data Scientists , Senior Leadership Team , Product Marketing and other Product teams) Job Posting frequency increase by 1.5x by streamlining the process with the Marketing team and Customer Success team in 3 months Shipped APIs powered by ChatGPT : To populate JD's Role and Category, successfully achieved post launch metrics Coverage :- ~30%, Accuracy :- ~77%. To extract parameters for Resume and Job Role matching with an accuracy of 90% meeting success metrics within the project budget
Karma Avisa
Jan 20221 yrDec 2022

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Developed and launched incense sticks that don't have charcoal for daily use in religious and spiritual practices Managed a team of 5 people and multiple vendors that helped in manufacturing, logistics and marketing. Dealt and handled vendors for procurement, distribution and supply chain Bootstrapped and did networking, marketing and sales in stalls, managed inventory and distribution both offline and online and handled payments. Sold 80% stock, had to move on from the business because of financial constraints.
Times Internet
Dec 20217 mosJun 2022

Built campaign recommendation tool, scalable analytical project (using ML and Data Science) for boosting the notification CTR by 9% and 5% for Existing and New customers improving product conversion. Worked closely with Marketing & Design teams for executing the go-to-market strategy of all campaigns to drive user acquisition Retention metric boosted by 12% by conducting A/B Experiments in Clevertap enabling new customers to stick on the platform longer driving adoption Day to day responsibilities included led strategic initiatives, handled a team of 3 members to drive quality improvements with Engineering Teams for Sprint Planning key milestones, leverage data to monitor product health and identify product improvement opportunities, define technical specifications in PRDs, analyse customer journeys to see if it met performance requirements
Meesho
Jan 20211 yrDec 2021

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Monetization, Demand Vertical - Developed and Optimised Ads Catalog Section Process in the supplier panel which is the front for creating ads. Reduced the Ads catalog pipeline run time from ~1hr to ~10mins exceeding the set success metrics as a product owner Conducted A/B Experiments boosting CTR by ~10% by scaling ads product across app real estates in iOS and Android platforms without hampering Customer experience on the platform which was a complex analysis to crack Reducing the TAT for client communication done by KAM by 1 day among other daily product analysis by building a dashboards of our product offerings As a vertical we achieved a 10x growth in 0-1 transition during 12 months by going from 0.1% to 1% Ad revenue as part of BHAGs (Big Hairy Ambitious Goals) Day to day responsibilities included analysing large data sets with SQL, collect performance metrics fro the product , monitor conversion, analyse critical user journeys and activation funnels and communicating results.

SAMRAT’s AI Stack

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Education

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Bachelor's degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

20154 yrs2019
Duke University

Post Graduate Corporate Education, Product Management

Duke University

20222022

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Headline

Senior AI Product Manager | GenAI & LLM Platforms | RAG, MLOps, & Agentic Systems | Driving Enterprise AI Solutions

About

I like building/ helping build cool stuff

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

antigravity

codex

opencode

Work experience

Senior Product Manager at SambaNova Systems, Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Owned SambaApps, a platform with enterprise-grade Generative AI applications using Large Language Models (LLMs) tailored for our sales teams to drive customer engagement through innovative AI-driven solutions. Key Achievement: Developed one of the industry’s first Document Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application, DocSage, successfully securing a new client. Transitioned to Core Business Platform, leading the Artificial Intelligence Model Training Functionality in our flagship offering Studio , which enables customers to achieve faster model development and drives multi-million-dollar deals Key Achievement : Integrated Data Preparation for native platform support, ensuring seamless AI model training. Standardized error handling for training jobs to enhance user experience. Upgraded CLI and UI to market standards. Currently focused on improving Supervised Fine-Tuning and Post-Training Techniques (e.g., DPO) for LLMs, Cloud offering implementation and later on Multimodal strategy for training functionality through UI, CLI and API and 3P integrations. Samabnova sucessfully retained two key clients—Middle East Oil Company and US Labs—through strategic product improvements for developer experience Hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI/ML tools for exploratory and market analysis, including tools from Replit, Cursor, LangChain, M365 Copilot, OpenAI APIs, Hugging Face Transformers, Lovable, Claude, Groq, Cerebras for platform differentiation. Day to Day Responsiblities Conducted market and competitive research (e.g., Vertex AI, OpenAI) to identify opportunities and inform product direction. Defined PRDs, developed strategic roadmaps, and managed backlogs from concept to launch, aligning on success metrics and AI product vision. Led backlog grooming, sprint planning, and regular demos. Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering, ML, GTM, design, and research teams to address dependencies and drive seamless product execution.

Product Manager at foundit, Aug 2022 - May 2023 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Product Manager for a platform managing 0.5M jobs, with ~80% integrated via data mining from career websites using thousands of crawlers, contributing to the pod bringing INR 30 Cr to the business. Managed a team of 5 members to drive roadmap aligned with Product strategy, measure performance metrics, drove alignment with cross-functional teams / internal stakeholders (Engineering , Data Scientists , Senior Leadership Team , Product Marketing and other Product teams) Job Posting frequency increase by 1.5x by streamlining the process with the Marketing team and Customer Success team in 3 months Shipped APIs powered by ChatGPT : To populate JD's Role and Category, successfully achieved post launch metrics Coverage :- ~30%, Accuracy :- ~77%. To extract parameters for Resume and Job Role matching with an accuracy of 90% meeting success metrics within the project budget

Founder at Karma Avisa, Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, Developed and launched incense sticks that don't have charcoal for daily use in religious and spiritual practices Managed a team of 5 people and multiple vendors that helped in manufacturing, logistics and marketing. Dealt and handled vendors for procurement, distribution and supply chain Bootstrapped and did networking, marketing and sales in stalls, managed inventory and distribution both offline and online and handled payments. Sold 80% stock, had to move on from the business because of financial constraints.

Associate Product Manager at Times Internet, Dec 2021 - Jun 2022 · 7 mos, Built campaign recommendation tool, scalable analytical project (using ML and Data Science) for boosting the notification CTR by 9% and 5% for Existing and New customers improving product conversion. Worked closely with Marketing & Design teams for executing the go-to-market strategy of all campaigns to drive user acquisition Retention metric boosted by 12% by conducting A/B Experiments in Clevertap enabling new customers to stick on the platform longer driving adoption Day to day responsibilities included led strategic initiatives, handled a team of 3 members to drive quality improvements with Engineering Teams for Sprint Planning key milestones, leverage data to monitor product health and identify product improvement opportunities, define technical specifications in PRDs, analyse customer journeys to see if it met performance requirements

Product Analyst at Meesho, Jan 2021 - Dec 2021 · 1 yr, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Monetization, Demand Vertical - Developed and Optimised Ads Catalog Section Process in the supplier panel which is the front for creating ads. Reduced the Ads catalog pipeline run time from ~1hr to ~10mins exceeding the set success metrics as a product owner Conducted A/B Experiments boosting CTR by ~10% by scaling ads product across app real estates in iOS and Android platforms without hampering Customer experience on the platform which was a complex analysis to crack Reducing the TAT for client communication done by KAM by 1 day among other daily product analysis by building a dashboards of our product offerings As a vertical we achieved a 10x growth in 0-1 transition during 12 months by going from 0.1% to 1% Ad revenue as part of BHAGs (Big Hairy Ambitious Goals) Day to day responsibilities included analysing large data sets with SQL, collect performance metrics fro the product , monitor conversion, analyse critical user journeys and activation funnels and communicating results.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Post Graduate Corporate Education, Product Management, Duke University

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