Somnath Banerjee
Private Equity Investor at Clear Venture Management LLC
Profile
Somnath is a Technology Partner and Chief Data Scientist at Clear, where he focuses on advancing the AI capabilities of the Clear engineering platform and delivering deeper and more comprehensive insights about companies and individuals.
These insights are vital for Clear and its portfolio companies to gain access to the most relevant sourcing, customers, talents, and capital.
Somnath brings decades of experience in building AI/ML-based products at various organizations.
Prior to Clear, he helped build Pinterest shopping grounds up.
His team was responsible for Pinterest shopping discovery which includes product search, recommendation, and personalization across Pinterest.
Under his leadership, the number of shoppers on Pinterest increased from 1% to 30%, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising revenue.
Before joining Pinterest, Somnath spent more than seven years at Walmart Labs.
There he helped set up the Walmart Labs in Bangalore, led various data science organizations, and modernized the Walmart.com search tech stack by applying AI/ML.
Additionally, at Google, he was the founding member of the WebP team which has become a widely-used image format on the internet.
Somnath holds a Ph.D.
in machine learning and information retrieval from BITS Pilani and a Master’s degree in computer science from IIT Kharagpur.
He has published papers in top-tier conferences, such as SIGIR and WWW, and has given invited talks on e-commerce search and recommendation.
When Somnath is not working he can be found biking with his kids or participating in hiking meetup events.
Somnath Banerjee active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Clear Venture Management LLC
Clear Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Clear Venture Management LLC (Clear Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Rajeev Madhavan and Christopher J.Rust. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 31/01/2023 |
Former positions of Somnath Banerjee
Companies | Position | End |
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Alectio, Inc.
Alectio, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Alectio, Inc. engages in software company. The firm provides machine learning solutions. The company was founded by Jennifer Prendki and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/05/2023 |
PINTEREST, INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 30/11/2022 |
Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd.
Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd. engages in provision of test preparation services online. It operates an online portal for tutorial services specializing in engineering entrance exams. Its products include rank up and jump. The company was founded by Aditi Avasthi in 2012 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/10/2020 |
Walmart Global Tech | Corporate Officer/Principal | 28/02/2019 |
Training of Somnath Banerjee
Birla Institute of Technology & Science | Graduate Degree |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Graduate Degree |
Jadavpur University | Undergraduate Degree |
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PINTEREST, INC. | Technology Services |
Private companies | 4 |
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Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd.
Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Indiavidual Learning Pvt Ltd. engages in provision of test preparation services online. It operates an online portal for tutorial services specializing in engineering entrance exams. Its products include rank up and jump. The company was founded by Aditi Avasthi in 2012 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. | Technology Services |
Clear Venture Management LLC
Clear Venture Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Clear Venture Management LLC (Clear Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Rajeev Madhavan and Christopher J.Rust. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Alectio, Inc.
Alectio, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Alectio, Inc. engages in software company. The firm provides machine learning solutions. The company was founded by Jennifer Prendki and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. | Technology Services |
Walmart Global Tech |
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