avik

$ builder, founder & researcher

BITS Pilani CS.

currently building ThreadMiner and TraceLLM.

interested in AI systems,

information theory,

astrophysics,

and open source software.

i enjoy building products,

publishing research,

and learning in public.

[github][x][substack][email]

selected work

~/history

TraceLLM

Open-source observability platform for LLM applications.

Status: Building

Year: 2026

Lesson: developer tools succeed through trust and reliability.

ThreadMiner

SaaS helping founders discover Reddit threads that still rank on Google.

Status: Building

Year: 2026

Lesson: still being written.

Stak

Content repurposing SaaS.

Year: 2026

Lesson: distribution matters more than features.

Reticle

AI workflow platform.

Revenue: ~$200

VC Conversations: 3

Investment Offer: $50,000 (rejected)

Outcome: Shut Down

Year: 2024

Lesson: funding opportunities are not the same as product-market fit.

Developer Platform Project

Attempted building a developer platform.

Interviewed with: 5 VC firms

Outcome: Failed

Year: 2024

Lesson: investor interest is not customer validation.

PickEasy

First internet business.

Revenue: ~$1,000

Age: 18

Year: 2023

Lesson: the internet rewards builders who ship.

writing

~/blog

Using AI to Challenge My Own Thinking→

Source: X Thread

Second Published Article→

Source: X Thread

research

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Entropic Curvature: Linking Dark Energy to Information Density

Status: Under Review

Link →

Information Geometry of Spacetime and its Relation to Dark Energy

Status: Preprint

Link →

Research Interests:

* AI Systems

* Information Theory

* Astrophysics

* Cosmology

* Machine Learning

education

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→ BITS Pilani

B.Sc. Computer Science

Status: Current

→ BPPIMT

Engineering

Duration: 1 Year