(US and Canada) ShortTok, an early-stage software company developing automated visual storytelling technologies, announces appointing Jayan Eledath as its new CTO.

Eledath is coming from Amazon, where he spent the last seven years leading the applied science teams that built the AI for AWS’ Just Walk Out Technology. Before Amazon, he was a program director at SRI International. He led programs in visual media reasoning, automotive safety and driver awareness, self-driving, and commercialization of computer vision technologies.

"I am delighted to welcome Jayan Eledath to ShortTok as our CTO," says founder and CEO Vikram Nagrani. "ShortTok is at a pivotal stage in our life cycle as we introduce our automated storytelling technologies to content and media partners to power novel and engaging visual experiences across their platforms. Jayan has the vision, skills, experience, and leadership qualities to drive the next stage of development and growth at ShortTok."

"This is an exciting time to be at the intersection of AI and video understanding,” says Eledath. “I love ShortTok’s vision of building responsible automation that enables our customers to tell rich visual stories that are both entertaining and factual. I am eager to get started and work with the world-class team that Vikram has assembled.” 

Eledath received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Mumbai and his master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.