Career profile

Akshay Badlani

CS (AI) & Policy @ Stanford | Coca-Cola Scholar

San Francisco Bay Area

Career path.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Incoming Intern at the Office of the Technical Director
May 2026 - Present
Perplexity
Campus Growth
Jan 2026 - Present
Stanford University School of Medicine
Research Assistant
Feb 2025 - Present
Inner Peak AI (Techstars '24)
Design and Product Development Advisor
Aug 2024 - Present
Atlantic Council
Intern at the GeoTech Center
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025
Artemis Connection
Strategy Consulting Fellow
Jun 2025 - Aug 2025
Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Tech Ethics and Policy Fellow
Mar 2025 - Oct 2025
Curious Cardinals
Academic Mentor
Sep 2024 - Jun 2025
Inner Peak AI (Techstars '24)
Product Design and Development
Aug 2024 - Mar 2026
Beats by Dr. Dre
Market Research Analyst
Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
The Stanford Healthcare Consulting Group
Project Manager
Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional Intern (IL-08)
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
The University of Chicago
Computational Biology and Ancient DNA (aDNA) Researcher
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
City of Chicago
Intern at the 3rd Ward Alderman’s Office
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Still Standing Strong Stories
Founder & President
Mar 2020 - Jun 2024