Hi! I am Gagandeep Reehal
Currently, I’m co-founder & CEO of Minus Zero, building foundational models for autonomous driving to enable autopilot capabilities in next-gen vehicles.
Raised nearly $2.5M and have had a chance to meet and work with some really smart folks! What started as making a make-shift demo of autonomous driving on roads in my hometown, we demonstrated India’s first fully autonomous shuttle in 2023, and made a foundational models drive a car in busy streets of Bengaluru and are working with multiple OEMs.
I have a strong interests in Physical AI - and am obsessed with bringing robots closer on human intelligence.
I do spare time to back to the community - mentoring builders and young founders, and speaking at tech events/hackathons.
When I am not working, I take care of Tuffy, a tiny chaos disguised as a Golden Retriever Pup (and we love long walks, treks and lunch dates, lol)
I read a lot (don’t have a fixed genre, it really depends on my mood). I sometimes write too and wouldn’t mind taking stage for an open mic anytime. In my parallel life, I have published three books (including a poetry collection).
I love traveling (and even more if it’s on my bike) - so I try to squeeze time for long rides and treks to places you don’t find on internet. Have been revving from on Scrambler 400x (post my recent break up with my Meteor 350).
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Notable Engagements
2024 - GCVI Summit (California, USA)
Presenter
2023 - TEDxBNMIT (India)
Speaker “Self-driving Cars & the Human Brain: The missing link to Intelligence”
2023 - Mint AI Summit (India)
Keynote Speaker “What’s next after LLMs”
2023 - 11th International Big Data and Al Conference, IIIT Delhi (India)
Keynote Speaker & Panelist
2023 - Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport (Dubai)
Speaker “Nature-inspired AI: Towards embodied intelligence and autonomy”
2023 - G20 India YEA (India)
Panelist
2022 - 12th Autonomous Vehicles Detroit 2022 (USA)
Keynote Speaker
2022 - Vivatech Paris (France)
Speaker
and multiple other conferences, hackathons and events.
Awards & Recognitions
Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia - 2024 by Forbes Asia
E&T Innovation Award 2021 - Young Pioneer by The IET (Global Finalist)
NASSCOM AI Gamechangers Award 2021 (Special Mention)
YourStory Tech30
