Rishi Malhan

My Vision Product-Driven Technologist

Turning ambiguity into strategy—and strategy into intelligent systems people can trust and use.

Bringing AI into legacy industries is like modernizing the cockpit of a time-tested aircraft. The engine may be cutting-edge, but unless the controls are intuitive, the mission fails. Real innovation only works when the end user can actually adopt it within acceptable training.

That’s where I operate: at the intersection of robotics, agentic AI, product thinking, and human-centered design. I’ve worked closely across research - product - and development within areas like manipulation, multi-robot coordination, and orchestrate decision-making in cluttered, real-world environments. But building the right system isn’t just about algorithms—it’s about understanding workflows, customer expectations, and the market itself.

I'm a mechanical engineer who found inspiration in automation and built from there. My expertise lies in solving problems that don’t have clear answers—sometimes involving hardware, sometimes people, often both. Along the way, I’ve become obsessed with what makes systems work not just in theory, but in the wild: usability, operability, reliability, and scale. Now, I’m especially focused on building embodied AI systems in physical world—where the value lies in orchestrating software intelligence, sensor data, learning robot coordination into something that runs smoothly and delivers ROI. My strength is starting with a blurry idea, clarifying it, and executing with purpose—learning fast, communicating clearly, and staying close to the user. Complexity is inevitable—confusion is not.

Long term, my goal is to lead from the front as a technologist who doesn’t just build systems, but builds the organizational muscle to deliver them.