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MS Civil/Envir Engineering, Founder of Vanilla AI

Rauf Khan

Rauf is a Stanford MBA. He completed his Bachelors in Chemistry, and his Masters in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology. Rauf led product at Arrival, a startup electric vehicle manufacturer, where he shipped the company's first electric vehicles for UPS, showcased at Dubai Expo 2020. Rauf was a fintech product manager at AtoB, building payments solutions for trucking fleets. Rauf is passionate about using software and AI to tackle global challenges like climate change.

About Vanilla AI

Vanilla AI is a software platform at the intersection of climate tech, AI, and fintech, that enables energy efficiency in buildings at scale. Today real estate alone accounts for a third of US greenhouse gas emissions and low income, disadvantaged communities are more likely to suffer from health issues due to climate change. Vanilla evaluates buildings at scale and automates financing, to accelerate clean tech adoption. Vanilla's platform targets owners of real estate assets.