Mayank Makkar
Founder, CEO at Rivi — AI tools for travel companies
- Role
- Founder and CEO at Rivi
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mayank Makkar
Founder and CEO of Rivi — AI tools that help several leading travel companies automate, personalize, and solve complex problems. Our SDKs and APIs let travel companies launch recommendations, AI search, AI chat, voice AI, and other agentic experiences directly inside their applications or on platforms like whatsapp + chatgpt + slack + direct calling etc, all still powered by their own live content.We also build custom AI solutions and agents.Our journey:• Sep 2017: Founded as a B2C ‘ChatGPT for travel’ (built using traditional AI). • Jun 2020: Pivoted to AI and technology consulting for enterprises (see rivi.co/labs). • Dec 2023: Reborn as a B2B travel AI platform, with a Fortune 500 OTA as our first customer. • Today: Several leading travel companies use Rivi to launch their AIs + recommendations.Highlights to date: • 30+ clients/customers, including 4 Fortune 500s • 40+ applications delivered, 5 with 1M+ users • 40+ in technology team, 100+ overall contributors • 1 funding round in 2019; profitable and self-sustaining since • Delhi (2017) → Bangalore (2019) → San Francisco (2023)Our ‘Rivi Squad’ thrives on love, empathy, and optimism. We’re hiring SDEs and MLEs. Learn more at rivi.ai
Experience
Founder and CEO
Sep 2017 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
We provide AI tools to several leading travel companies - helping them automate, personalize, and solve complex problems. My bio has more info.
Education
Apeejay Stya Education (Svran Foundation)
High School
Delhi University
Bachelor's degree
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