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Tory Smith

Product Leader | Spatial Intelligence for Physical AI | Robotics, Embodied Systems, Autonomous Vehicles

San Francisco Bay Area · 1 connection

Niantic Spatial, Inc.

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About

I've spent my career at the intersection of the physical world and intelligent machines: from systems engineering on Delphi's first autonomous vehicle platform and running AV programs at drive.ai, to leading product for Mapbox's Vision SDK, to launching Niantic's global visual positioning and mapping systems. I'm now exploring what's next, looking for the right opportunity to continue building the foundation that autonomous vehicles and other embodied agents need to understand and navigate their environments. If you're building in this space, I'd love to connect.

Experience

Director of Product ManagementNiantic Spatial, Inc. Basic company page — company details not listed yet
May 2025 to Aug 2026
Director of Product ManagementNiantic, Inc. Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Mar 2025 to May 2025
Senior Product ManagerMapbox Basic company page — company details not listed yet
Feb 2018 to Mar 2021
Engineering ManagerFord Motor Company
Jun 2016 to Nov 2016
Research EngineerFord Motor Company
Apr 2015 to May 2016
Product Development InternFord Motor Company
Jun 2011 to Aug 2011
Product Development InternFord Motor Company
May 2010 to Aug 2010

Education

University of California, Berkeley
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Controls)
2011 to 2013
University of California, Berkeley
M.S. Mechanical Engineering (Controls)
2011 to 2013
Virginia Tech
B.S. B.A.
2006 to 2011
Virginia Tech
B.S. B.A. Mechanical Engineering German
2006 to 2011
Technische Universität Darmstadt
German
2007 to 2007
Technische Universität Darmstadt
German
2007 to 2007