About

The Story So Far

How a children's museum led to autonomous robots, Apple education team, research labs, and building AI infrastructure from scratch.

What I Believe

The best AI doesn't replace human understanding and intuitions; it deepens it. My first project was making a machine that helped children understand water bodies. That principle hasn't changed. Technology should make people see more clearly, not less.

AI literacy is not optional anymore. Every designer, marketer, storyteller, and leader of every field needs to understand what AI can and cannot do. I've taught it at Apple across 7 countries, in university classrooms, and on national television talk shows. The gap between those who build AI and those who are shaped by it is the defining challenge of our time.

Innovation is a community sport. I've seen it firsthand; 500 students in Phoenix, researchers in AI Gharana, grad students breaking disciplinary silos at NUS. The best ideas don't come from isolated brilliance. They come from curious people colliding in the right room.

The Journey

Early Days KHOJ Museum · Red Cross Society Smart educational systems for children · AI for social impact and public health logistics
University Founded Phoenix · 500+ members Built the innovation community from scratch — hackathons, expert lectures, a network that lasts
2021 OttonomyIO Computer Vision Engineer — autonomous robots, real-time edge AI
2022 Apple AI Educator — designed courses, taught AI to creative and engineering teams across 7 countries
2023 LJ University Visiting Lecturer — founded AI Gharana, a freestyle student research lab
2024 NUS Singapore Master's in AI — Trustworthy ML, RL, Embedded AI · Founded grad student networking society
Now Thout.ai, Singapore AI Engineer — multi-modal RAG, voice biometrics, agentic systems