About

I think a lot about a lot of things and try not to think at all at times. I build AI systems that operate on messy, real-world data - the kind that doesn’t fit neatly into a demo. My expertise lies in shipping LLM-powered features into production, building software products from scratch and researching things for no good reason.

Before being enamored by technology, I’d aspired to be a full-time writer. I continue to write on this blog - mostly about AI progress, shipping AI features in production, and founder lessons - and shit-post on X. Some of my older pieces can be found on Tech and Mortals and my Instagram. These days I read a lot of philosophy when I’m not running long distances or in the gym.

I’m the co-founder of Looppanel, an AI-powered UX research analysis platform. We help product and design teams turn unstructured research data - interview recordings, transcripts, surveys, documents - into structured, defensible insights. I lead product and technical direction, which on any given day means anything from designing LLM analysis pipelines to doing support, ops or finance. Startup life.

Before Looppanel, I was part of Entrepreneur First Bangalore’s second cohort of 2020. Before that, I worked as a technology consultant with a consulting firm called Restat, where I was a founding partner. We worked with a diverse set of clients including academics and small Indian businesses. We also developed an invoicing and sales assistant app for small businesses.

I am a sucker for treks and backpacking trips. Here’s a photograph I clicked after an exhilarating trek to Chandrashila peak in Uttarakhand, India.

I graduated from National Institute of Technology, Surat in 2016. During my time there, I successfully completed the Google Summer of Code program twice. I still contribute to open source whenever possible. Some of my projects can be found on Github.
I also used to be a lot at conferences before starting up, occassionally blabbering on stage. This peculiar behaviour can also be traced back to my college days.

I’ve been interested in entrepreneurship and startups for a long time now. Since graduating, I’ve worked at early-stage VC backed startups.

• I was the first member of the data team at Redcarpet, a YC-backed fintech startup, and developed software to improve the credit scoring process.

• At SocialCops, I learned the nitty-gritty of data engineering. I was the primary developer for the in-house entity management system which among other things, helped make sense of India’s geographic entities. I worked with a brilliant team comprised of engineers, economists and operators. Our clients ranged from governments and philanthropies to MNCs.

• Until December 2019, I worked as a senior data engineer with Atlan. Here, I was part of the team working on the company’s core offering, an on-premise enterprise data management, and governance platform.

If you’re building something ambitious and technically grounded - especially around AI systems, agent architectures or enterprise AI - I’d like to hear about it. Drop a line via mail, X or LinkedIn.