Quick Info
| Profession | Perception Engineer |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 13/12/1995 |
| Age | 30 years |
| Birthplace | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
Latest News about Vibhav Altekar
08/06/2026
A Saronic Corsair autonomous surface vessel located and recovered two crew members of a US Army Apache helicopter that went down off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz. Officials described it as the first time an autonomous surface vessel was used in an active combat rescue mission, and the story drew wide coverage in June 2026. Vibhav Altekar, the co-founder and CTO of Saronic Technologies, was widely profiled in connection with the rescue.
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Bio/Wiki
| Full Name | Vibhav Satsheel Altekar |
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| Famous for | Designing the drone ship that saved US soldiers in Hormuz |
| Current Role | Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Saronic Technologies, a Texas-based defence technology company that builds autonomous surface vessels |
| Early Career Highlight | One of the earliest engineers at Anduril, where he led engineering work on programs including the Royal Australian Navy's Ghost Shark drone submarine |
Physical Stats & More
| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm) | ||||||
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| Weight | 65 Kg (143 lbs) | ||||||
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| Eye Colour | Black | ||||||
| Hair Colour | Black |
Educational Qualification(s)
| School | Lynbrook High School |
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| College/University | University of California, Davis |
| Educational Qualification | Graduate in Electrical Engineering |
Family
| Father | Satsheel Altekar |
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Career
| Served as a machine learning researcher at UC Davis in bioinformatics (2015-2017) | |
| Worked as an engineering intern at Twitter (January 2017) | |
| Joined Juicero as an embedded systems intern (2017) | |
| Worked as a data engineering intern at Synthego Corporation (2017) | |
| Embedded DSP engineer at Intel Corporation (2016) | |
| Engineering Fellow at Kleiner Perkins (2017-2018) | |
| Part of the investment team at 8VC (2018) | |
| Machine learning engineer at Anduril Industries (2018-2022) | |
| Head of the perception team at Anduril (2020-2022) | |
| Instructor for an introductory course in AI at UNEX, UCLA (2020-2021) | |
| Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Saronic Technologies (2022-present) | |
| Leads the company's software architecture and autonomous navigation development at Saronic, and was among its founders alongside Dino Mavrookas, Rob Lehman and Doug Lambert |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Born in Pune, India, later moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. | |
| 2. Had a passion for cricket from an early age and played for the North West Region. | |
| 3. Conducted research on a micro-fabricated oral drug delivery device in school. | |
| 4. Won several awards for his science and engineering projects. | |
| 5. Has spoken publicly about maritime autonomy and the future of autonomous surface vessels in national security discussions in 2026. |
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