PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Maithra Raghu

Maithra Raghu is a researcher whose work compares the representations that neural networks learn. She worked as a research scientist at Google Brain from 2015 to 2022, and in 2017 she co-authored SVCCA, a tool for quickly comparing two representations. She completed a PhD in computer science at Cornell in 2020 under Jon Kleinberg, and her undergraduate degree is in mathematics from Cambridge. Her startup, Samaya AI, launched in 2022 to streamline processes for analysts in the finance industry, and TIME named her an Innovator on its 2025 TIME100 AI list. As of October 2026, she is co-founder and CEO of Samaya AI, which announced $43.5 million in financing in May 2025.

Now at
Samaya AI
Works
31
Citations
2,058
h-index
17

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2015–2022

    A research scientist at Google Brain

    She works as a research scientist at Google Brain from 2015 to 2022, studying representations and learning in cutting-edge deep learning systems.

  2. 2017

    SVCCA for comparing representations

    She co-authors SVCCA in 2017, a tool for quickly comparing two representations learned by neural networks.

  3. 2019

    Transfusion for medical imaging

    She co-authors Transfusion at NeurIPS in 2019, a study of transfer learning for medical imaging.

  4. 2020

    A PhD at Cornell

    She completes her PhD in computer science at Cornell in 2020, advised by Jon Kleinberg. Her undergraduate degree is in mathematics from Cambridge.

  5. 2022

    Co-founding Samaya AI

    Her startup, Samaya AI, launches in 2022 to streamline processes for analysts in the finance industry.

  6. 2025

    A TIME100 AI Innovator

    TIME names her an Innovator on its 2025 TIME100 AI list.

  7. May 2025

    A $43.5 million financing round

    Samaya AI announces $43.5 million in financing in May 2025, led by New Enterprise Associates.

  8. As of October 2026

    Co-founder and CEO of Samaya AI

    She is co-founder and CEO of Samaya AI, a company whose customers can create teams of AI knowledge agents.

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  1. Maithra Raghu maithraraghu.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. [1706.05806] SVCCA: Singular Vector Canonical Correlation Analysis for Deep Learning Dynamics and Interpretability arxiv.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Interpreting Deep Neural Networks with SVCCA research.google. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. [1902.07208] Transfusion: Understanding Transfer Learning for Medical Imaging arxiv.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Two computer science alumnae among TIME100 AI list | Department of Computer Science | Cornell Bowers cs.cornell.edu. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. Samaya AI Announces $43.5m in Funding Led by NEA, Launches New AI Agent for Financial Services vcaonline.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Samaya AI, startup building AI for financial services, raises $43.5 million in VC funding fortune.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  8. Samaya AI lands $43.5m to scale expert AI agents for finance sector fintech.global. Checked 14 October 2026.