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Priyatham Kattakinda

Co-founder and Head of Engineering

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States · 1 connection

RELAI

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About

I am Co-founder and Head of Engineering at RELAI ( where we are building a platform and suite of tools to make AI systems more reliable, robust, and continuously improving. I lead the engineering organization and drive the development of agentic systems for agent evaluation and optimization, and developer tooling for building, monitoring, and improving intelligent systems. My focus is on translating cutting-edge AI research into production-grade systems that are trustworthy, reproducible, and reliable in real-world settings.

Experience

Co-founder and Head of EngineeringRELAI
Apr 2026
Technical LeadRELAI
Sep 2024 to Apr 2026
Graduate AssistantUniversity of Maryland
Aug 2020 to Aug 2024
Summer Research InternKLA
May 2019 to Jul 2019
Co-FounderTessact
Jan 2016 to Jan 2018

Education

University of Maryland
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering
2020 to 2024
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Master of Technology - MTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2018 to 2020
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2012 to 2016