Kiriti Badam is a member of the technical staff at OpenAI, with over a decade of experience designing high-impact enterprise AI systems. He specializes in AI-centric infrastructure, with deep expertise in large-scale compute, data engineering, and storage systems.

Prior to OpenAI, Kiriti was a founding engineer at Kumo.ai, a Forbes AI 50 startup, where he led the development of infrastructure that enabled training hundreds of models daily—driving significant ARR growth for enterprise clients.

Kiriti brings a rare blend of startup agility and enterprise-scale depth, having worked at companies like Google, Samsung, Databricks, and Kumo.ai. At Google Ads, he built globally distributed key-value stores that powered ad systems generating tens of billions in annual revenue.

He holds a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s from IIT Madras, where his research focused on advanced storage systems and distributed databases for AI workloads. A sought-after mentor and advisor, Kiriti helps startups and organizations design scalable AI infrastructure, reach product-market fit, and build long-term product strategy.