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Shalin Mantri

AI product builder; PM leader ex-Uber/ex-Google; startup investor/advisor

Mountain View, California

Overview 

Shalin Mantri is a seasoned AI product builder and PM leader with notable roles at Uber and Google, currently leading a stealth AI startup. With a background in deep learning and product management, Shalin has excelled in driving innovation and leading product development teams, while also sharing expertise as a guest lecturer at Product School. Highlights of Shalin's career include serving as a Senior Product Manager II at Uber and a Director of Product Management at Google, showcasing his expertise in AI, product management, and entrepreneurship.

Work Experience 

  • Founder

    2025 - Current

  • Director of Product Management

    2019 - 2024

    Led Transportation & Logistics for Geo. Our routing, navigation, and fleet platforms powered XXXM's of trips per day across Google Maps for mobile, automotive, and third-party developers. 2021-2022: GPM II, Mobility Solutions & Automotive for Geo Developer 2019-2021: GPM II, Deliveries & Logistics for Geo Developer

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Guest Lecturer

    2018 - 2019

    Defined Uber's PM competencies, now sharing those lessons with the broader PM community.

  • Head of Product

    2018 - 2019

    Led PM, Design, and Analytics team for scooter sharing startup backed by Accel, Menlo Ventures, and YC. Secured patent for building innovative location-based systems.

  • Senior Product Manager II

    2014 - 2018

    Early PM at Uber. Led teams across Rider Experience, Growth Platforms, and ATG (autonomous vehicles). 2017-2018: Senior Product Manager II, Uber ATG. Established industry-standard safety metrics and developer platforms for autonomous vehicles. Recruited and managed a world-class technical PM team. 2015-2016: Senior Product Manager I, Growth Platform. Built Uber's A/B testing platform (Morpheus) from the ground up, enabling innovation during hyper-growth years. Managed a small PM team. 2014: Product Manager II, Rider Experience. Developed consumer features used by millions of users, including Destination Entry and turn-by-turn navigation.

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.

Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.

  • Product Manager

    2011 - 2013

    Led product for the gaming business and iOS/Android engineering team.

Upsight is a mobile analytics & marketing platform, handling 1000s of apps & 500+ billion data points monthly.

Raised $30,293,333.00 from Trinity Capital.

  • CEO / Co-founder / Lead Backend Engineer

    2010 - 2011

    Launched two top-15 iPhone apps, raised a seed round, led backend software engineering.

  • Program Manager

    2008 - 2009

    Mentored and connected students in India to their dream start-up jobs.

  • Product Manager

    2005 - 2008

    Led product for the most-adopted ethical walls software for large law firms.

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