# Devvret Rishi

> Devvret (Dev) Rishi is general manager of AI at Rubrik and co-founder and former CEO of Predibase. A Harvard computer science graduate and former Google product leader, he worked on Firebase, Google Research, Google Assistant, Vertex AI and Kaggle before helping build Predibase’s platform for customizing and serving open-source models. His current work focuses on enterprise AI agent governance.

- **Role:** General Manager of AI at Rubrik
- **Organizations:** Rubrik, Predibase, Google, Harvard University
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Harvard University, Master’s degree in Computer Science, focused on AI and machine learning, Harvard University
- **Known for:** First product lead for Kaggle at Google., Co-founded and led Predibase through its acquisition by Rubrik., Co-author of LoRA Land: 310 Fine-tuned LLMs that Rival GPT-4, A Technical Report (2024).

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Elected to Harvard’s Undergraduate Council as a Pforzheimer representative.
- **2016** — Joined Google as a product manager, initially on Firebase.
- **2016-2021** — Worked in Google product management; projects included Google Research, Google Assistant, Vertex AI and Kaggle, where he was the first product lead.
- **2021** — Co-founded Predibase with Piero Molino, Travis Addair and Chris Ré; initially served as chief product officer.
- **2022** — Predibase emerged from stealth announcing $16.25 million in combined seed and Series A funding.
- **2023** — Became CEO of Predibase, succeeding original CEO Piero Molino.
- **2024** — Co-authored the LoRA Land technical report.
- **2025** — Led Predibase when Rubrik announced its acquisition agreement on June 25; subsequently became Rubrik’s general manager of AI.

## Achievements

- First product lead for Kaggle at Google.
- Co-founded and led Predibase through its acquisition by Rubrik.
- Co-author of LoRA Land: 310 Fine-tuned LLMs that Rival GPT-4, A Technical Report (2024).

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — His Techstrong.ai author page lists How AI Coding Tools Are Changing the Rules of Shadow IT, published September 3.
- **2026-07** — Appeared on Eye on A.I. to discuss AI agent access, governance and Rubrik Agent Cloud.
- **2026-03** — Listed as a presenter at RSA Conference for Identity, Data, and AI: The New Control Plane for Cyber Resilience.
- **2026-01** — Discussed enterprise agent governance and his meetings with 180 executives in an IT Tech Pulse interview.

## Links

- Website: https://devinthedetail.substack.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/devvret-rishi-b0857684/

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