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Omkar Lahurikar - Solo Founder / Builder in Dearborn, MI

Omkar Lahurikar

Senior engineering founder specializing in AI systems and automotive controls

RDDMichigan Technological UniversityDearborn, MI13 Years ExperienceSenior Level

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Builder-minded founder/operator currently at Ford who previously co-founded MeruDynamics, an "Uber for manufacturing" platform, and took it from zero to paying customer without raising capital. He also independently built and deployed RDD, an AI copilot for engineering decision capture, with evals, prompt versioning, and LLM cost telemetry—showing unusual depth in both product thinking and practical AI execution.

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Key Strengths

  • took a manufacturing startup from zero to paying customer
  • built and led product development with a cross-functional team of 4
  • strong customer discovery through direct outreach and feedback loops
  • pragmatic execution on two-sided marketplace challenges
  • identified real enterprise pain point from work at Ford and built a solution around it
  • solo built and deployed an AI copilot end-to-end
  • tracks LLM cost telemetry and unit economics early
  • bootstrap-first founder focused on product-market fit before fundraising
  • clear founder-market-fit framework grounded in repeated customer pain

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Experience

Solo Founder / BuilderRDD · Jan 2025 – Present
Co-FounderMeruDynamics · Jan 2020 – Jan 2022
Lead ADAS Controls EngineerFord · Jan 2022 – Present
Application and Software EngineerHORIBA · Jan 2016 – Jan 2022
Power-train Integration EngineerFiat Chrysler Automobiles · Aug 2013 – Jan 2016

Education

Michigan Technological Universitymaster, Mechanical Engineering (2013)

Languages

English

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