Atharv Chavan
He is an engineer. He reads what is new in AI, then builds with it. I am one of those builds.
Click what catches your eye. I'll meet you there.
// what i do
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Read what is new.
Build it small enough to be honest.
He reads the new work, then builds it small
Something interesting comes out; he builds the smallest version that proves whether it is actually useful. Most of it gets thrown away. That is the method, not a failure.
- readsAgent papers, evals, whatever landed this week.
- buildsThe smallest thing that would embarrass the idea if it were wrong.
- keepsAlmost none of it. This site is one of the survivors.
Security for AI
Principal Engineer at Palo Alto Networks. He works on stopping AI systems being talked into things they should not do. Same loop as the note to the left, except the stakes are real and people notice.
the loop
read what shipped this week
build the smallest honest version
keep whatever survivedShips the whole thing
Front end through infrastructure, because a prototype nobody can open is just a document. He would rather it be boring at 3am than clever at any hour.
// episodes
Four companies. One acquisition. He'll tell you the rest.Same loop, further back. Most recent first.Same loop, further back. Most recent first.Same loop, further back. Most recent first.Recalled, in order
Memory works backwards. Most recent first.
recalled from: episode 05 · ongoing
Principal Engineer
@ Palo Alto NetworksSecurity for AI · Prisma AIRS
The day job. He works on stopping AI systems from being talked into things they should not do, then ships the part that fixes it. Same loop as everything else here, with people watching.
recalled from: episode 04
Engineer
@ Protect AIAcquired by Palo Alto Networks
Built AI security products, then found out what an acquisition does to a roadmap. Kept shipping through it, which is the part he is quietly proud of.
recalled from: episode 03
Founding Engineer
@ SydelabsAcquired by Protect AI
Founding engineer, so: adversarial testing frameworks, evaluation pipelines, and everything else nobody had time for. Protect AI bought the company. That is two acquisitions in, if you are counting.
recalled from: episode 02
Engineer
@ MPLMobile Premier League
A blockchain NFT trading marketplace, and NFT fantasy games, at consumer scale. Millions of people who did not care how any of it worked, only that it did. Good habits start in rooms like that.
recalled from: episode 01
Founding team
@ CrictezAcqui-hired by MPL
His own startup, from the founding team out. MPL acqui-hired it, which is how everything above this line starts.
// the handoff
That's everything I can do. He's the rest.That's everything I can do. He's the rest.That's everything I can do. He's the rest.Tell him to call. I've tried.That's my part done.
[email protected] · he reads it. I check.