Sprouts.ai
2025 – nowChief Architect & VP of AI · Remote
Leads the engineering and AI organisation behind Sprouts.ai’s AI-native go-to-market platform, owning technology strategy, platform architecture and the product roadmap in close partnership with the CEO, CTO and CRO. Architected and launched Sprouts Data, a business-data API and MCP server for AI agents, developers and enterprises. During the $9M pre-Series A in May 2026, he led the technical discussions with investors and presented the AI-native product platform he architected and built, with its data-processing and MLOps pipelines, in the boardroom. In 2026 he led the technical due diligence and negotiations on the Sprouts.ai side for the acquisition of StartUs Insights’ search and data technology and AI IP.
StartUs Insights
2023 – 2025Principal ML Architect & Head of AI · Vienna, Austria (remote)
Led the platform’s shift from big-data SaaS to AI-native products: a multi-agent AI platform and a semantic search engine over innovation data, used by more than 1,000 corporate partners.
Genie AI
2023Machine Learning Engineer & Head of R&D · Toronto, Canada (remote)
Led research and development for conversational AI systems built on large language models.
NIT Srinagar, AI Lab
2019 – 2024Senior and Junior Research Fellow · Srinagar, India
Deep learning research for the PhD, alongside industry roles, and teaching assistance.
Comp Soft Solutions
2017 – 2019Machine Learning Engineer · Sopore, India
Designed, built and deployed machine learning systems for clients.
ETA STAR Group
2015 – 2016Automation Engineer · Dubai, UAE
Designed and commissioned industrial automation systems.