In this episode, I sit down with Sanjeev Sharma, the visionary Founder and CEO of Swaayatt Robots.

Sanjeev shares his journey from academia to building autonomous driving technology that thrives in India's uniquely chaotic and adversarial traffic conditions.

We discuss his decision to forego a PhD opportunity at UMass Amherst to bootstrap Swaayatt Robots, how he demonstrated autonomous navigation on Indian roads (a global first!!) and the incredible potential for autonomous systems in military and civilian applications.

Sanjeev’s story is one of persistence and hard work, with insights on navigating stochastic traffic, motion planning, reinforcement learning, and working and planning with limited resources.

It’s a fascinating look at how cutting-edge technology can tackle some of the world's toughest challenges.