Cyrus Lalkaka
Inference at Together
Together AI
ex-StripeCurrently lead inference sales at Together, a market leader in AI infra (inference and GTM + BD expertise across industry leaders in AI/ML (Together), fintech (Stripe), and edtech (Clever/Quizlet).
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Experience in going from 0-to-1, 1-to-10 across startups and IPO-ready companies, with particular focus on finding and deepening market fit across technical products/industries.
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- TOGETHER AIJOB
- Dir of Inference Sales7M
Director of Inference Sales
Together AI
Leading inference sales at Together
- Founding GTM (Strategics L…2Y 7M
Founding GTM (Strategics Lead)
Together AI
~20th employee leading Strategics/Enterprise Built the GTM/inference motion from scratch to $XXXm
- FIRETIGERJOB
- Advisor3Y 6M
Advisor
Firetiger
GTM advisor for seed stage Sequoia-backed company, helping design initial GTM motion and close first design partners/customers
- STRIPEJOB
- Enterprise Product Sales,…2Y 11M
Enterprise Product Sales, Lead
Stripe
Revenue & Financial Automation GTM, focused on Stripe's most important digital native, enterprise, and platform businesses. • Led SaaS product org in new revenue growth, DRI for several Stripe top accounts (including 6 of top 10 largest RFA users) • Helped oversee OpenAI <> Stripe implementation, architecture in commercializing OAI products • GTM DRI for Stripe’s Revenue Recognition product launch from 0 to 1, working closely across teams to bring product from $0 to $XXm (one of Stripe’s fastest growing products)
- Product Sales1Y 5M
Product Sales
Stripe
- FLOCKJAYJOB
- Advisor1Y 11M
Advisor
Flockjay
- EXPONENTJOB
- Advisor1Y 11M
Advisor
Exponent
- QUIZLETJOB
- Sr. Mgr, BD1Y 4M
Sr. Manager, Business Development
Quizlet
Took three new products from zero to one, scaling them to 8 figures of new revenue Quizlet is a Series C consumer education software company building mobile and web study tools that are relied on by over 80 million students and teachers a month around the world, including 2/3 of US high school students and half of US college students
- Mgr, BD1Y 11M
Manager, Business Development
Quizlet
- CLEVERJOB
- Enterprise Lead2Y 2M
Enterprise Lead
Clever Inc.
- BD11M
Business Development
Clever Inc.
Clever is the largest U.S. K-12 edtech platform. More than half of all U.S. K-12 schools use Clever as their interoperability solution. Application developers and schools have a single source for student data and identity, all through Clever. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Partners, and GSV Capital, Clever was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
- DFROBOTJOB
- Business Operations & Prod…2Y 1M
Business Operations & Product
DFRobot
Directly responsible individual for expanding business operations in the US. DFRobot is a leading Chinese IOT (robotics, hardware, software) company with 300 employees, shipping over 1 million products yearly.
- SINOVATION VENTURES (创新工场)JOB
- Product Design Intern3M
Product Design Intern
Sinovation Ventures (创新工场)
Assisted a creative team (Tuyi Design) through Sinovation Ventures (aka Innovation Works), one of China’s leading early stage venture capital firms founded by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee.
- Job: Stripe — Enterprise Product Sales, Lead · 2022 – 2024 — Revenue & Financial Automation GTM, focused on Stripe's most important digital native, enterprise, and platform businesses. • Led SaaS product org in new revenue growth, DRI for several Stripe top accounts (including 6 of top 10 largest RFA users) • Helped oversee OpenAI <> Stripe implementation, architecture in commercializing OAI products • GTM DRI for Stripe’s Revenue Recognition product launch from 0 to 1, working closely across teams to bring product from $0 to $XXm (one of Stripe’s fastest growing products)
- Job: Sinovation Ventures (创新工场) — Product Design Intern · 2013-06 – 2013-09 — Assisted a creative team (Tuyi Design) through Sinovation Ventures (aka Innovation Works), one of China’s leading early stage venture capital firms founded by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee.
- Job: Stripe — Product Sales · 2021-07 – 2022
- Job: Quizlet — Manager, Business Development · 2019-01 – 2020
- Job: Flockjay — Advisor · 2020 – 2021
- Job: Firetiger — Advisor · 2023 – 2026-07 — GTM advisor for seed stage Sequoia-backed company, helping design initial GTM motion and close first design partners/customers
- Job: DFRobot — Business Operations & Product · 2014-01 – 2016-02 — Directly responsible individual for expanding business operations in the US. DFRobot is a leading Chinese IOT (robotics, hardware, software) company with 300 employees, shipping over 1 million products yearly.
- Job: Clever Inc. — Enterprise Lead · 2017-01 – 2019-03
- Job: Together AI — Founding GTM (Strategics Lead) · 2024 – present — ~20th employee leading Strategics/Enterprise Built the GTM/inference motion from scratch to $XXXm
- Job: Exponent — Advisor · 2020 – 2021
- Job: Quizlet — Sr. Manager, Business Development · 2020 – 2021-05 — Took three new products from zero to one, scaling them to 8 figures of new revenue Quizlet is a Series C consumer education software company building mobile and web study tools that are relied on by over 80 million students and teachers a month around the world, including 2/3 of US high school students and half of US college students
- Job: Clever Inc. — Business Development · 2016-01 – 2016-12 — Clever is the largest U.S. K-12 edtech platform. More than half of all U.S. K-12 schools use Clever as their interoperability solution. Application developers and schools have a single source for student data and identity, all through Clever. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Partners, and GSV Capital, Clever was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
- Job: Together AI — Director of Inference Sales · 2026 – present — Leading inference sales at Together
- School: Macaulay Honors College at The City University of New York — BA, Public Policy; Chinese Language and Literature
- School: Peking University
- School: Nanjing University — Master's coursework
- School: National Taiwan University — International Chinese Language Program (ICLP)
- School: Hunter College High School
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