Ananya Kumar

Ananya Kumar is a highly skilled research professional with extensive experience in machine learning and software engineering. Currently serving as a Research Lead at TBD Labs within Meta since November 2025, Ananya has previously held the position of Research Lead at OpenAI from July 2023 to October 2025. Ananya's academic accomplishments include earning a PhD in Machine Learning from Stanford University, where work as a PhD student spanned from September 2018 to June 2023. Prior experience includes roles as a Research Engineer at DeepMind, focusing on generative models and machine learning safety, and internships at Google and Leanplum, where Ananya contributed to container orchestration and statistical algorithm improvements. Ananya also has experience as a consultant at Expii, Inc. and has held a teaching assistant position at Carnegie Mellon University. Ananya completed undergraduate studies in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University with a perfect GPA.