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Meta AI director Rohit Patel leaves to launch Ndoc, a startup targeting Microsoft Office

According to TechCrunch AI, Rohit Patel is leaving Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning. The report says he is departing to run his startup, Ndoc, which aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite. The headline also references Google Workspace as a competitor target. The source snippet does not give funding, product details, or launch timing.

Source: TechCrunch AI · techcrunch.com Published 2026-10-27T14:59:09+00:00 Detected 2026-10-27T17:20:27+00:00
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According to TechCrunch AI, Rohit Patel is leaving Meta after eight years working on AI evaluations and reinforcement learning. The report says he is departing to run his startup, Ndoc, which aims to take on Microsoft Office Suite. The headline also references Google Workspace as a competitor target. The source snippet does not give funding, product details, or launch timing.

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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.

The move signals that a senior AI researcher with evaluation and reinforcement learning experience is building a productivity software challenger to incumbents like Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. Businesses and users of office suites may see new AI-native alternatives emerge if Ndoc develops a product. Watch for Ndoc's product launch, funding, and early customer adoption.

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