# Ashesh Jain

> Ashesh Jain is the co-founder and CEO of Coram AI, a Sunnyvale-based startup turning ordinary IP security cameras into AI-powered intelligence endpoints. A Cornell PhD and IIT Delhi alumnus, Jain spent years at the frontier of autonomous vehicles - building perception systems at Zoox and leading Lyft's self-driving program as Head of Autonomy - before pivoting that expertise into reimagining physical security. His research work includes Brain4Cars (a car that predicts driver errors before they happen) and the award-winning Structural-RNN paper (CVPR 2016 Best Student Paper), which has over 1,600 citations. Coram AI raised a $13.8M Series A in January 2025 led by Battery Ventures, and its platform now monitors thousands of cameras across schools, hospitals, warehouses, and manufacturing sites across the U.S.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Coram AI
- **Organizations:** Coram AI, Lyft (Woven Planet / Level 5), Zoox Inc., Stanford AI Lab, Cornell University
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor's and Master's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi), PhD in Computer Science (Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Vision), Cornell University, Visiting Research Scholar, Stanford University (Stanford AI Lab)
- **Known for:** CVPR 2016 Best Student Paper Award for Structural-RNN: Deep Learning on Spatio-Temporal Graphs, 6,246+ total research citations with h-index of 22, Initiated Brain4Cars project - a car anticipation system covered by MIT Technology Review, Wired, and TechCrunch

## Career timeline

- **2007-2012** — Completed Bachelor's and Master's in Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi
- **2012-2016** — PhD in Computer Science at Cornell University; concurrently Visiting Research Scholar at Stanford AI Lab
- **2013** — Initiated and led Brain4Cars project at Stanford - a sensory-fusion system anticipating driver maneuvers
- **2013-2015** — Co-founded RoboBrain, a large-scale knowledge engine for robots, at Stanford
- **2015** — MIT Technology Review covered Brain4Cars research
- **2016** — Won Best Student Paper Award at CVPR 2016 for Structural-RNN paper
- **2016-2018** — Engineering Manager at Zoox Inc., led sensor fusion and 3D tracking team
- **2018-2021** — Joined Lyft Level 5 self-driving program; rose from Senior Engineering Manager to Director of Engineering & Head of Autonomy
- **2021** — Lyft's self-driving division acquired by Woven Planet (Toyota subsidiary)
- **2021** — Co-founded Coram AI with Peter Ondruska (former Lyft colleague, PhD Oxford)
- **2025-01** — Coram AI raised $13.8M Series A led by Battery Ventures (Marcus Ryu), total funding $19M+

## Achievements

- CVPR 2016 Best Student Paper Award for Structural-RNN: Deep Learning on Spatio-Temporal Graphs
- 6,246+ total research citations with h-index of 22
- Initiated Brain4Cars project - a car anticipation system covered by MIT Technology Review, Wired, and TechCrunch
- Co-founded RoboBrain - a large-scale knowledge engine for robots
- Led Lyft's entire autonomy stack as Head of Autonomy at Level 5 self-driving division
- Open-sourced Lyft Level 5 3D Perception and Prediction dataset (1,000+ hours of self-driving data)
- PointFusion paper (2018) has 1,026+ citations
- Raised $19M+ for Coram AI including a $13.8M Series A from Battery Ventures
- Coram AI rated 4.9/5 on G2 and recognized as Leader and Momentum Leader

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Coram AI closes $13.8M Series A led by Battery Ventures; total funding reaches $19M+
- **2025-01** — Coram AI expands platform with AI Security Agents for firearm detection, slip-and-fall detection, and custom threat alerts
- **2024** — Coram AI achieves G2 Leader status with 4.9/5 rating and 9.5/10 ease-of-use score
- **2024** — Platform deployed across K-12 schools, hospitals, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities across the U.S.

## Links

- Website: http://asheshjain.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashesh-jain-ba53164a/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/asheshjain399
- GitHub: https://github.com/asheshjain399

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Last updated: 2026-05-13