Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to take on Microsoft Office and Google Workspace

October 27, 2026 Rebecca Bellan

Rohit Patel is departing Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. His startup, Ndoc, aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite.

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