Rahul Sheth Email and Phone Number
Experienced Technical Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the computer graphics and software industry. Skilled in Computer Graphics, Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), GPU Processing and Video. Strong engineering professional with a Ph.D. focused in Computer Science from Stanford University.
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Co-Founder And CeoTexel.Ai Jan 2023 - PresentAustin, Tx, Us -
Design EngineerSnap Inc. Sep 2022 - Jan 2023Santa Monica, California, UsI helped prototype what the future of avatars at Snap could look like. -
Software Engineer (Web3)Snap Inc. Apr 2022 - Aug 2022Santa Monica, California, UsI worked on an app released to the Apple App Store that allowed users to connect their wallets and display their NFTs in AR. Focused on the graphics and rendering components, as well as on avatars in the web3 space. -
Technical Lead (Bitmoji)Snap Inc. Jul 2021 - Apr 2022Santa Monica, California, UsI helped build a new system for on-demand 3D sticker rendering based on the 3D Bitmoji service so that we could launch 3D Bitmoji Profile images in August 2021. -
Technical Lead (Bitmoji)Snap Inc. Jan 2019 - Jul 2021Santa Monica, California, UsWe launched the Snap Games platform, complete with Bitmoji integration, in April 2019.We also launched Bitmoji TV's first season in February 2020, generating personalized videos in faster than real-time.I also helped create the Bitmoji for Games program, which allowed developers outside of Snap Games to use Bitmoji avatars for their games. I built out and released an open-source Unity plug-in to connect Unity projects to Bitmoji services. -
Technical Lead (Bitmoji)Snap Inc. Sep 2018 - Dec 2018Santa Monica, California, UsI officially moved to the Bitmoji team and continued work on the 3D Bitmoji service. -
Lead Research EngineerSnap Inc. Jun 2018 - Sep 2018Santa Monica, California, UsI started the design and development of the 3D Bitmoji service that allows game developers using Snap Games to get Bitmoji avatars into their games. I led a small team focused on Bitmoji Party.In parallel, I helped kickstart the Bitmoji TV project, which aimed to generate personalized videos starring you and your friend's avatars. -
Senior Research EngineerSnap Inc. Jun 2017 - Jun 2018Santa Monica, California, UsI continued working with the Bitmoji team to launch the new rendering platform to 100% of production traffic. In addition, I worked with the Snap Publisher team to design their initial data model for animations. -
Research Engineer (Bitmoji)Snap Inc. Oct 2016 - May 2017Santa Monica, California, UsAfter Snap's acquisition of Bitmoji, I architected and built a new real-time Bitmoji sticker rendering service to operate at Snapchat scale. This is still the system in use today and the foundation for every user-facing Bitmoji product - as of 2021, it has 200 million daily active users and renders 1 billion images per day. -
Research EngineerSnap Inc. Jul 2015 - Oct 2016Santa Monica, California, UsI worked with the Research team to make many Augmented Reality and Computer Vision prototypes, including on the hardware in Snap's Spectacles. I built a cross-platform prototyping engine for other researchers. I helped build and launch to production both "3D"/Pinnable Stickers and the Scissor Tool inside Snapchat. -
Software Engineering InternGoogle Jun 2014 - Sep 2014Mountain View, Ca, Us -
Research InternPixar Animation Studios Jun 2012 - Jun 2014Emeryville, California, Us -
InternHyperpublic Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 -
Software Development Engineer In Test InternMicrosoft May 2009 - Aug 2009Redmond, Washington, Us
Rahul Sheth Education Details
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Y CombinatorW23 -
Stanford UniversityComputer Science -
Rutgers University
Frequently Asked Questions about Rahul Sheth
What company does Rahul Sheth work for?
Rahul Sheth works for Texel.ai
What is Rahul Sheth's role at the current company?
Rahul Sheth's current role is Co-founder and CEO at Texel (YC W23) - graphics | video | ai.
What schools did Rahul Sheth attend?
Rahul Sheth attended Y Combinator, Stanford University, Rutgers University.
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