Surya Maddula
@suryamaddula_
Building physical-world intelligence infrastructure.
Surya Maddula is a 19-year-old entrepreneur and researcher building physical-world intelligence infrastructure. He founded Whisperwave, holds a patent for open-environment acoustic control, and is grant-backed by Anthropic, Microsoft, AWS, and others. He advises EVM Capital, is a resident at Lossfunk, and currently studies at IIM Bangalore. Previously, he worked on LLMs at Columbia University and consulted for Amazon, Shell, and CIBC.
Expertise
Interests
Projects
Founder
Open Air ANC
Inventor · Patented open-environment noise cancellation system
Ecoligna
Moonshot project · Transparent wood replacing glass, 70% energy reduction
BCIs for Animal Health
Researcher · Use BCIs to help animal health problems
Experience
IIM Bangalore · Student
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Columbia University · LLMs Researcher
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EVM Capital · Advisor
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Lossfunk · Resident
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Amazon · Consultant
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Shell · Consultant
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CIBC · Consultant
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1517 Fund · Grantee
2022-2023
Where you might run into them
Hangouts filled during research.