Oxylabs Establishes AI and ML Advisory Board

Oxylabs announced the launch of the newly formed AI & ML Advisory Board in 2020, consisting of four industry-leading data science, machine learning and AI experts.

Oxylabs’ group will help support and drive the company as it expands its influence in the data industry while providing discussions and guidance on the proxy and data industry more generally. 

The board comprises of leading figures in the machine learning, AI, and data science industries, many of whom have experience working for highly reputable organizations such as NASA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and UCL, to name a few. The group is made up of:

• Pujaa Rajan, Technical Staff at Anthropic, ex-Deep Learning Engineer at Node.io, USA Ambassador at Women In AI and Google Developer ML Expert

• Adi Andrei, Director at Technosophics, ex-Senior Data Scientist and Consultant at NASA, Unilever, British Gas

• Jonas Kubilius, Co-founder and CTO at HERlab, Co-founder at Three Thirds, Artificial Intelligence Researcher

• Ali Chaudhry, Founder at Veracious, PhD, Artificial Intelligence at UCL

• Gautam Kedia, Head of Fraud Intelligence at Stripe, ex-Applied Scientist Lead at Microsoft, ex-Head of Applied Machine Learning at Lyft, ex-Engineering Manager at Stripe

Julius Černiauskas, CEO at Oxylabs, said: “Offering unrivaled innovation in the proxy space has always been at the heart of Oxylabs. Creating an advisory board of this caliber is indicative of the measures we are taking to supercharge innovation in AI, data science and machine learning within the data gathering industry. We wanted to ensure we attracted the very best in the industry who will enable us to grow as an organization and, more importantly, provide expert opinion and advice on the competitive proxy market.”

Černiauskas continued: “The big data industry is expected to grow to almost $300bn within 2026. It’s vital we leverage advances in machine learning and AI to optimize decision making. 

Here at Oxylabs, we offer reliable and unique products, with our team continually developing industry-leading solutions. The addition of the board will play a vital role in ensuring we achieve our vision and that we continue developing innovative data extraction solutions for our clients.”

Pujaa Rajan, member of the AI & ML Advisory Board, said: “The proxy market is undoubtedly competitive, yet the board Oxylabs has created is the first of its kind in the industry; formulating a team of experts to advise the company on a number of prominent areas from machine learning to proxy deployment. Every member of the AI & ML Advisory Board brings something unique to the table. The company’s thirst and passion to provide for its clients but to also see the industry grow and thrive is what attracted me to join the board, alongside the three other experts Adi, Jonas and Ali.”

Oxylabs has been working with the AI & ML Advisory Board since 2020 and held frequent meetings with key stakeholders in both parties. With the help of the board, we have been able to develop many AI-driven improvements for our scrapers and other solutions.