Ashish Ranjan Jha
Founder of Nativ (a16z Speedrun), Former AI Lead at Revolut - An Unscripted Journey
Floating Questions welcomes Ashish Ranjan Jha - former AI lead at Revolut, author of Fight Fraud with Machine Learning, and now founder of Nativ.
In this episode, we trace Ashish’s journey across three continents and a range of roles - from customizing LSTMs for interpretability before it was cool, to scaling fraud and identity verification AI systems at Revolut, to founding Nativ, a startup helping businesses go global through seamless localization. You’ll also hear some unexpected gems - from catching fraud rings to validating early product ideas in manga .
We also explore immigration challenges, the hurdles of building in agri-tech, and Ashish’s philosophy of making just enough plans while staying tuned in to his inner voice.