E538 Shubham Shrivastava, Head of Machine Learning at Kodiak

Today's guest is Shubham Shrivastava, Head of Machine Learning at Kodiak. Founded in 2018, Kodiak is the trusted world leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. Through the endless demands of a world in constant motion, Kodiak helps you get the job done. With purpose-built solutions to power autonomous movement in any environment, Kodiak make sure their partners save time, run clean and keep safe.

Shubham is a passionate and innovative leader in the field of machine learning and computer vision, with a focus on 3D perception and autonomous vehicles. As the Head of ML at Kodiak, he is building the world's safest driver, using his extensive experience and skills in developing and deploying vision-centric 3D perception solutions. Previously, Shubham has led a team of talented researchers at Ford Autonomy, where he created an end-to-end 3D Perception stack for Ford L2+ vehicles, and a scalable cloud-based ML framework for all ML tasks within Ford.

In this episode, Shubham talks about:

His journey to date in leading autonomous trucking advancements,

How Kodiak pioneers autonomous trucking and driverless vehicle operations,

Developing resilient, modular AI for autonomous systems,

Scaling autonomous fleets with sparse and rapid mapping,

Kodiak’s aim to scale a 24/7 driverless fleet,

Seeking motivated talent to advance AI and transform the industry,

Why Kodiak is a great place to work