# Kshitij Marwaha

> Deep-tech entrepreneur working across AI and XR. MIT and Harvard researcher, founder/CEO of Tesseract (MIT Media Lab spin-off, India's largest XR + AI company, acquired by Reliance Industries in 2019 and fully merged into Reliance Intelligence in 2025). MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35) and Forbes 30 Under 30.

- Website: https://www.kshitij.ai/
- Email: ksm@alum.mit.edu
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshitij-marwaha-3a854a4b/
- X: https://x.com/horizon_ksm

## Who

Kshitij Marwah is a deep-tech entrepreneur and researcher with a career spanning biomedical AI, distributed computing, computational imaging, XR/spatial computing, agentic AI, AI wearables and physical AI. His work has repeatedly moved from research into commercial products and platforms, building companies, scaling organizations, go-to-market, revenue and P&L management culminating in 2 major acquisitions.

## Tagline

Entrepreneur. Scaling Businesses. Crafting Products. Deep Technology.
Building and scaling breakthrough products and companies that transform the way we live, work, and interact.
AI XR | Tesseract | MIT Harvard IIT

## Core Expertise

- Artificial Intelligence: agentic AI, multimodal AI, voice AI, physical AI, machine learning
- Extended Reality: AR, VR, MR, spatial computing
- Deep Technology: computational imaging, distributed systems, hardware/software platforms
- Company Building: research-to-product, GTM, P&L, organization scaling, M&A

## Career Arc

Research → Product → Company → Commercial Scale → Acquisition, across AI, XR and emerging computing platforms.

## Impact Summary

- Impact: 2 acquisition exits (including to a Fortune 100 company)
- Growth: Triple digit revenue growth
- Scale: Millions of users reached
- Innovation: 10+ products launched
- Leadership: 0 to 1000+ organisation scale
- Research: 50+ papers and patents

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.kshitij.ai/): Overview, impact summary, awards, journey, talks, research, contact
- [Products](https://www.kshitij.ai/products): Key products and platforms, 2016-2026
- [Full content for AI](https://www.kshitij.ai/llms-full.txt): Complete plain-text content of the site

## Awards and Recognition

- MIT Technology Review TR35 (2017) — one of the world's top innovators under 35 for breakthrough contributions to AR/VR technology. https://www.innovatorsunder35.com/the-list/kshitij-marwah/
- Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018) — for the journey between art, design and engineering, and for creating the MIT Media Lab India Initiative. https://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30-2018/kshitij-marwah-using-tech-and-design-to-solve-problems/49321/1
- NASSCOM Design4India Winner, Immersive Category (2018). https://community.nasscom.in/index.php/communities/it-services/design4india/design4india-summit-and-design-awards-2018-brought-together-the-best-from-both-the-design-and-tech-world.html
- NASSCOM Emerge 50, League of 10 (2018) — top 10 emerging deep tech startups in India. https://yourstory.com/2018/09/tesseract-founder-focuses-intersection-tech-innovation-grow-ar-vr-startup
- TechCrunch / TechNode Asia Hardware Battlefield, Gold (2018). https://technode.com/2018/10/12/asia-hardware-battle-tesseract/
- TED Talks India - Nayi Baat (2019) — TED talk and live demo on mixed reality for storytelling and learning. https://www.ted.com/talks/kshitij_marwah_how_mixed_reality_tech_could_change_storytelling_and_learning

## Journey

- 2016-2025 — CEO/Founder, Tesseract. MIT spin-off, India's largest XR + AI company, acquired by Reliance in 2019, fully merged in 2025 into Reliance Intelligence.
- 2013-2016 — Head, MIT Media Lab India Initiative. Biggest MIT program outside the US, 1000+ community, 100+ innovations, 5+ spin-offs.
- 2011-2015 — MS, MIT Media Lab (and PhD, dropped off). Deep learning over 4D light field tensor data, 2 ACM SIGGRAPH papers.
- 2010-2011 — Research Scientist (joint master's thesis), Stanford University / Harvard Medical School. AI and deep learning over biomedical data, 3 published papers.
- 2009-2010 — Visiting Research Scientist, Harvard-MIT HST / MIT CSAIL. Distributed computing for cross-language communication.

## Key Products

- Physical and Spatial AI Platform (2025, Platform) — AI-native platform for physical and spatial intelligence, powered by on-device and on-cloud multimodal LLM, LAM and VLA models.
- Voice and Agentic AI Platform (2025, Platform) — Voice-first agentic AI platform with real-time multi-agent orchestration across conversational AI, smart home, media and music.
- JioFrames (2026, Consumer) — Lightweight AI-native smart glasses with mobile app and AI cloud platform; multi-lingual voice AI, music, news and camera on the go.
- Enterprise AI Assistant (2024, Enterprise) — AI-powered enterprise assistant across phones and wearables for on-the-job guidance and training.
- JioDive and JioImmerse Platform (2023, Consumer) — Affordable VR headset turning any smartphone into an immersive cinema, gaming and learning device.
- 360° VR Streaming Platform (2023, Platform) — Cloud-native platform for live 360° capture, stitching, compression and streaming; powered IPL broadcasts.
- JioGlass and JioImmerse Platform (2022, Consumer) — India's first consumer mixed-reality glasses and platform.
- Holoboard (2018, Enterprise) — World's first smartphone-based MR headset for education and entertainment, using curved lenses and new material coating with cameras for spatial tracking.
- Quark 360 Camera and Presence Platform (2017, Consumer) — 360° camera and presence platform for capture, sharing and on-the-go editing.
- Methane 360 VR Camera (2016, Enterprise) — India's first 360° VR camera and platform for immersive walkthroughs of homes, hotels and tourist spots; Made in India hardware with on-device privacy processing.
- Medical Ontology AI Platform (2011, Platform) — Context-sensitive ontology alignment connecting biomedical concepts using clinical and research data across billions of data points for decision support.
- dBabel: A Cross-language Interface for Real-time Code Sharing (2010, Enterprise) — Real-time communication between different languages over a distributed infrastructure to facilitate seamless collaborations between researchers. Impact: allowed researchers in universities and enterprises in US to seamlessly collaborate and increase productivity.

## Talks

- How mixed reality tech could change storytelling and learning — TED Talks India. https://www.ted.com/talks/kshitij_marwah_how_mixed_reality_tech_could_change_storytelling_and_learning
- Dropping out of IT made me achieve much more — TEDxGateway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CeXCbnVxyM
- How We Made in India! The First Ever 360 Virtual Reality Camera — TEDxHyderabad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byt4h_jfCWM
- Now re-focus images (after taking the picture!) — INKtalks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIpiZ-CC0Tc

## Research

- Tensor photography: exploring space of 4D modulations inside traditional camera designs — MIT Master's Thesis, 2015. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/91833
- Compressive light field photography using overcomplete dictionaries and optimized projections — ACM SIGGRAPH, 2013. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2461912.2461914
- Methods and apparatus for light field photography — MIT Patent, USPTO, 2016. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/ad/7b/1d/2655d63d700b14/US9380221.pdf
- Context-Specific Ontology Integration: A Bayesian Approach — 2012. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3392068/
- Self-Organized Design Education: A Model for Interdisciplinary Design Education — IDSA, 2014. https://www.idsa.org/wp-content/uploads/Lee_0.pdf
- Analysis of Linear Non-Adaptive Projective Visual Signal Sampling — OSA, 2012. https://opg.optica.org/ViewMedia.cfm?r=1&uri=COSI-2012-CTu4B.4&seq=0
- Apparatus, method and system for capturing 360/VR video using a mobile phone add-on — WIPO PCT, 2018. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/da/d0/92/4018d261684098/WO2018154589A1.pdf
- Apparatus, method and system for augmented and mixed reality viewing — WIPO PCT, 2018. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/11/f6/ac/6eafa0035ab263/WO2018142418A1.pdf
- An audio apparatus and a head mounted device including the audio apparatus — WIPO PCT, 2023. http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e1/1f/2c/ad9044e9786968/WO2023037386A1.pdf
- An interaction system and method for configuring an input device — WIPO PCT, 2023. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e1/1f/2c/ad9044e9786968/WO2023037386A1.pdf

## Contact

Email: ksm@alum.mit.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshitij-marwaha-3a854a4b/
X: https://x.com/horizon_ksm