LeKiwi / robot learning
I am building a hands-on robot-learning stack around the open-source LeKiwi mobile robot, including a browser-based diagnostics app and a practical course, with the source on GitHub.
Raunaq Naidu
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Meta Reality Labs
Overall TL for Voice AI on Wearables · ex-NVIDIA · Founder and angel investor
2025–now
I am the overall TL for Voice AI on Wearables in Meta Reality Labs, leading engineering and product across model training, specialized private processing infrastructure, on-device firmware, and the iOS and Android apps.
Separately, I built a production wearables quality agent that investigates device crashes across Java, Android native, and embedded firmware.
2023–2024
I built and managed a ten-person systems performance team working on MCU monitoring, real-time embedded profiling, and performance infrastructure for AI wearables. I also established a 40-person systems engineering team for Meta in India.
2018–2023
I led display and graphics work at Meta spanning operating systems, local dimming, adaptive refresh rate, display latency, chromatic-aberration correction, and power management. The work shipped in Quest 2, Quest Pro, Quest 3, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
2016–2018
At Meta Vision, the AR headset startup, I built runtime, reprojection, camera-performance, and SDK systems. Depth-camera latency was reduced by 80%.
2014–2016
At NVIDIA, I worked on VR Direct Mode, Mosaic, and DisplayPort 1.4 HDR drivers.
2012–2014
M.S. in Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University (GPA 4.0), following a B.Tech in Electronics Engineering at VJTI, Mumbai University.
products shipped
Meta
- Meta Ray-Ban Display: display glasses and wearable systems
- Meta Neural Band: technical lead
- Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer and Scriber Optics (Gen 2): prescription-optimized AI glasses
- Meta Glasses by Kylie: AI glasses developed with Kylie Jenner
- Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2): wearable systems
- Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1): wearable display software and systems
- Meta Quest 3: display and graphics software
- Meta Quest Pro: display, local dimming, latency, and frame-rate systems
- Oculus Quest 2: operating system, display stack, and power management
- Orion: augmented-reality glasses
Meta Vision
- AR headset and runtime: runtime, reprojection, camera performance, and SDK integrations
NVIDIA
- VRWorks / Direct Mode: low-latency direct-to-display rendering, including the Oculus Crescent Bay prototype (CB2)
- Mosaic: high-resolution tiled-display drivers shipped with the Microsoft Surface Hub
- DisplayPort 1.4 HDR: GPU display drivers for HDR output
startups
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HTML Docs: a publishing and
collaboration product for AI-generated HTML, with
open-source agent tooling.
I founded and built it.
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Skybright: a managed
data-integration and ETL service. I founded it and continue to operate it.
independent projects
research and patents
- R. Naidu. “Display brightness and refresh rate throttling and multi-view image fusion.” US20230360566A1, 2023.
- R. Naidu et al. “Generative artificial intelligence image generation for watch face customization.” EP4733888A1, 2026.
More on Google Scholar. I have also spoken about AI wearables, AR/VR, and generative AI (speaker profile).
personal
I play guitar, listen to a lot of music, and hike whenever I can.
angel investments
Investment thesis: Find the best founders and do my best to help them. Founders >>> idea.
robotics
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Amaru Robotics: AI packing robots for fulfillment operations.
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Lightberry Robotics: intelligent robotics.
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Green Aero Propulsion: advanced propulsion systems for aircraft.
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Origami Robotics: general-purpose dexterous manipulation.
