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Siddhartha Srinivasa

Venture Partner at Madrona

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Overview

Srinivasa is a Venture Partner at Madrona as of August 2025[1][3]. Srinivasa holds the position of Professor at the University of Washington since July 2023[4], having previously served as Boeing Endowed Professor there from 2017 to 2023[5]. Srinivasa describes themselves as a full-stack roboticist focused on enabling robots to physically interact with the world safely and fluently, with emphasis on robotic manipulation and autonomous mobility, and commits to building end-to-end systems integrating perception, planning, and control[2]. Prior experience includes roles as Distinguished Engineer at Cruise from 2022 to 2025[7], Director of Robotics AI at Amazon from 2018 to 2022[8], and First Wave Founder at Berkshire Grey from 2014 to 2018[9]. Srinivasa holds a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University[11] and a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras[12].

Profile introduction
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I am a full-stack roboticist, with a focus on enabling robots to physically interact with the world safely and fluently, as applied to robotic manipulation and autonomous mobility. I like to build end-to-end systems that integrate perception, planning, and control in the real world. As a Professor I’m committed to teaching the next generation and building open hardware and software to democratize robotics. As a Business Leader I’m committed to building and deploying end to end robotics products that work backwards from true customer needs, and scaling and empowering science, engineering an…

Career history

  1. Venture PartnerAug 2025 to presentMadrona
  2. ProfessorJul 2023 to presentUniversity of Washington
  3. Boeing Endowed ProfessorJul 2017 to Jun 2023University of Washington
  4. Member, Board of DirectorsSep 2021 to presentZordi
  5. Distinguished EngineerNov 2022 to Feb 2025Cruise
  6. Director, Robotics AISep 2018 to Nov 2022Amazon
  7. First Wave FounderSep 2014 to Jun 2018Berkshire Grey
  8. Finmeccanica Associate ProfessorDec 2013 to Jun 2017Carnegie Mellon University

Education

  1. PhD, Robotics1999 - 2005Carnegie Mellon University
  2. Btech, Mechanical Engineering1995 - 1999Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras
  3. High School1983 - 1995Mathematics at Kendriya Vidyalaya

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