Somnath Dutta, Head of AI and Data Science

Somnath Dutta

Head of AI and Data Science

Ola

Location
India - Bengaluru
Education
Doctorate, Ph.D, Theoretical Physics
Experience
1 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :1 years, 10 Months

Head of AI and Data Science at Ola
  • India
  • January 2022 to October 2023

Leading AI and DS across all verticals at Ola - Electric, Maps, Mobility and OFS. Team of 60+ Data Scientists, MLOps Engineers, iOS/Android devs and Program Managers; $100mm in revenue impact over 12 months
• Ola Maps as a strategic product: Routing and ETA, places search, vision pipeline and 3D maps (NERFs)
• AI automation - LLMs and ASR/TTS for transforming global customer support; instruct-tuning and RLHF on 10B+ parameter models
• Mobility (Ride-hailing) Overhaul - Deep Reinforcement Learning for Driver-Rider marketplace optimization; projected to increase annual profits by $40mm
• S1 Pro as a AI-powered software platform: ADAS (Lidar and Vision) and vehicle software AI models for the S1 scooter and upcoming electric 4W
• AI transformation of Design and Product: Generative AI (Stable Diffusion) and GPT-4 powered pipelines to turbocharge vehicle design and PRDs

Education

Doctorate, Ph.D, Theoretical Physics
  • at University of Rochester
  • June 2005