Malay Shah
Founder & CEO at Poka Labs | Chemical Engineer | Harvard MBA
San Francisco, California, United States
Joined June 2024
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Malay Shah is a chemical engineer with a strong background in optimizing operations within the specialty chemical industry. His experience includes working in plants across the US, China, and Germany, where he implemented process improvements that saved his previous employers over $100 million. nocap
He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Poka Labs, a YC-backed startup that is developing an AI platform to modernize chemical manufacturing operations, focusing initially on production scheduling automation. This venture leverages his deep industry knowledge and his recent MBA education with a focus on ML systems. ycombinator+3
Malay Shah holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (2022-2024) and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Economics from North Carolina State University (2015-2019). During his time at NC State, he was recognized with the CBE Senior Leadership Award. nocap+2
As a student, he co-founded Portal Technologies, a project that developed "eyeBot 321 Coffee" and earned awards at the 2019 Lulu eGames, demonstrating early entrepreneurial drive and technical innovation. ncsu
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