Yash Rastogi

Hello!

I'm a maker at heart with interests in fields of both hardware and software : )

My journey into computer science began with embedded development boards, fostering hands-on expertise. Progressing through, I transitioned into full-stack development. Currently, I'm advancing my skills in AI/ML.

Education

  1. 2021 — 2026
    Chennai, India

    Dual Degree (BS + MTech), Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning • Grade: 9.51

Writing

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  1. Nov 16, 2025
    Three times curiosity walked me through a side door - a lift's control panel, a graded homework script, and a teamId I shouldn't have had.
    Curious adventures

Projects

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  1. 2025
    Imagining AI in learning experience

    This started out as an imagination of how a product with deep AI integration could enhance learning. It became my outlet for design and experimentation of full-stack and Gen-AI stacks.

  2. 2024
    Course Project • IIT Madras • Open Source

    Kaggle competition on classification dataset.

  3. 2020 — 2021
    Hobby Project • Open Source

    Made two development boards and got them from design to production. The aim was to make boards compact without comprising on the microcontroller's feature set.

Work

  1. 2025 — now
    Software Engineer — cilayer.ai

    Fincepta Inc. • Gurugram, India • Hybrid

    Building Agentic AI to make credit underwriting fast through our Credit Intelligence Layer platform.

  2. May — Sep'24

    Indian Institute of Technology, Madras • Chennai, India • In-person

  3. 2021 — 2023

    Adafruit Industries • New York, USA • Remote

    Collaborated on CircuitPython - the embedded Python firmware powering thousands of microcontroller projects.

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