Anand Taralika
Building AI with Human Touch, at Billion-User Scale
I've spent 15 years answering one question: How do you make AI that a billion people trust? My answer: AI Assistant (TIME Best Invention 2024), Liquid Mode (TIME Best Invention 2023), and the GenAI infra serving 2000+ engineers. Led teams of 40+, unlocked $5B revenue, filed 10+ patents, managed $50M+ budgets. Now exploring what's next in GenAI & multi-agent systems.
My AI Philosophy
Three principles that guide how I build AI products at scale
Adoption > Innovation
The best AI feature is one users adopt daily, not the most technically impressive one.
→ Real-world impact beats research papers
Latency is Trust
At billion-user scale, every 100ms of latency costs millions in user trust. Speed isn't a feature—it's survival.
→ Sub-2s accurate responses aren't optional
Build for Billions, Not Demos
I architect for worst-case scenarios: slow networks, diverse devices, real users who won't read instructions.
→ Production > prototype
Featured Achievements
Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant
TIME Best Invention 2024
Ever tried finding one clause in a 500-page contract? I built an AI that reads PDFs like a research assistant. Unlocked $5B revenue serving 1B+ users.
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Adobe Liquid Mode
TIME Best Invention 2023
Revolutionized PDF consumption on mobile devices through advanced document AI
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Document Cloud Model Gateway
Multi-Cloud AI Infrastructure
Architected platform serving 2000+ engineers with access to 100s of LLMs
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Adobe Express Video
Launched from Zero
Built video creation platform achieving 2M MAU in first year
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Career Timeline
15+ years of innovation and leadership
AI Assistant - TIME Best Invention
2024Adobe
Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant named TIME's Best Invention of 2024
ML Patents Filed
2024-25Adobe
Filed 2 ML patents on thematic insights and multimodality
Liquid Mode - TIME Best Invention
2023Adobe
Adobe Liquid Mode revolutionizes mobile PDF experience
Document Cloud Model Gateway
2023Adobe
Built multi-cloud AI infrastructure serving 2000+ engineers
Sr. Engineering Manager II
2020Adobe Document AI
Promoted to lead Document AI initiatives at Adobe
Adobe Express Video Launch
2019Adobe
Launched video creation platform, achieved 2M MAU
Joined Adobe (Return)
2015Adobe Express
Sr. Engineering Manager for Adobe Express
Multiple US Patents
2013-20EMC / Adobe
Filed patents on ML-based security policies and authentication
Tech Lead/Manager
2011-15Syncplicity (EMC)
Led ML initiatives for enterprise file sharing
Computer Scientist
2009-11Adobe Document Cloud
Developed object detection for PDF forms
IEEE Robotics Publication
2009Georgia Tech
Published research on autonomous robot navigation
CTO & Co-founder
2007-09Pre-seed Startup
Built emergency notification platform from scratch
Tech Stack
I'm tool-agnostic but opinionated. My stack evolves with each project, but these are my go-to tools for building AI products that scale to billions. The best tool is the one that ships.
LLMs & AI Models
SLMs
ML Frameworks
Cloud & Infrastructure
Programming
Data & Analytics
Computer Vision
AI Coding Tools
Links Hub
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Ready to architect the next billion-user AI product as VP/CTO/Co-founder. Let's talk if you're building something exceptional.