Hello, I'm Hrishikesh. Software engineer based out of San Francisco with experience building full-stack applications and AI agents. Most recently, I built StrataLens AI, an equity research platform for financial analysts, conducting customer discovery with analysts at private equity and asset management firms. I'm now seeking engineering roles at high-growth companies.
I also built TheMarketCast.ai (peaked at 3,000+ weekly users), now part of Smartkarma, a global investment research and analysis platform. On the side, I've been playing around with web data — building a search engine for fun and exploring misinformation patterns on X, documenting the journey on Substack.
Previously, I was a core contributor to PySyft, one of the most widely used privacy-preserving machine learning libraries, and founding engineer at an Accel-backed startup in India. I recently completed my Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Delaware with research in LLM code generation and hardware security.
I was an active investor and trader in stock markets for 5–6 years, which sparked my interest in building tools for financial markets. I experimented with various styles such as value, growth, and a blend of technical and fundamental analysis.
Grew up playing Project IGI. Leveling up to play Project AGI.