# Mihir Garimella

> Mihir Garimella is co-founder and CEO of Actively AI, a New York company building what he calls GTM superintelligence: persistent AI agents that work individual sales accounts around the clock for enterprises like Ramp, Ironclad, Attentive and Samsara. In April 2026 the company raised a $45M Series B co-led by TCV and First Harmonic, pushing total funding past $68M. Long before the cap tables, Garimella was the teenager who built a $250 fruit-fly-inspired rescue drone called Firefly, won his category at the 2015 Google Science Fair, spoke at TEDxTeen, and was profiled by CNN before he could legally drive.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Actively AI
- **Organizations:** Actively AI, Stanford University, Waymo, Facebook Connectivity, Helia (acquired by Scale AI), TreeHacks
- **From:** Pittsburgh, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science (thesis on ML infrastructure), Stanford University, High school, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh
- **Known for:** Won his age category and the Google Computer Science Award at the 2015 Google Science Fair (~$50K prize) for the Firefly/Flybot drone, Intel ISEF 2015 finalist and multi-year Broadcom MASTERS finalist (2013), Spoke at TEDxTeen New York

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Builds Robo-Mozart, a robotic violin tuner, at age 10
- **2013** — Broadcom MASTERS finalist
- **2015** — Wins his age category and the Google Computer Science Award at the Google Science Fair for the Flybot/Firefly drone; Intel ISEF finalist
- **2016** — Speaks at TEDxTeen in New York on 'Designing the next generation of first responders'
- **2017** — Enters Stanford University; profiled by Singularity Hub
- **2018** — Featured by CNN Business in 'Tomorrow's Hero' series
- **2019** — Co-directs TreeHacks, Stanford's largest hackathon
- **2020-2022** — Works on perception at Waymo, connectivity hardware/software at Facebook, and deep learning for video at Helia (later acquired by Scale AI)
- **2024** — Co-founds Actively AI with Anshul Gupta; raises a $5M seed led by First Round Capital
- **2025** — Launches Actively AI publicly; raises $17.5M Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures
- **2026** — Raises $45M Series B co-led by TCV and First Harmonic, total funding over $68M; opens a San Francisco office

## Achievements

- Won his age category and the Google Computer Science Award at the 2015 Google Science Fair (~$50K prize) for the Firefly/Flybot drone
- Intel ISEF 2015 finalist and multi-year Broadcom MASTERS finalist (2013)
- Spoke at TEDxTeen New York
- Profiled by CNN Business and Singularity Hub as a teenage inventor
- Co-directed TreeHacks 2019, Stanford's largest hackathon
- Built and shipped Actively AI to enterprise customers including Ramp, Ironclad, Attentive and Samsara
- Raised over $68M total for Actively AI across seed, Series A and a $45M Series B

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Actively AI raised a $45M Series B co-led by TCV and First Harmonic, with Bain Capital Ventures, First Round Capital and Alkeon participating; total funding passed $68M and the company is opening a San Francisco office.
- **2025-04** — Publicly launched Actively AI, describing the product as 'GTM superintelligence' for the world's most ambitious companies.

## Links

- Website: https://mihir.garimella.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgarimella/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mgarimella
- GitHub: https://github.com/gtmtg
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PGoIA50_7w

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Last updated: 2026-06-03