AYUSH NAYAK

hi! i'm ayush nayak, and since 2004 i've been finding fascinating problems. currently I'm doing math and astrophys at mit, working at x/xai, and going on way too many trips.

i live life to collect stories: turning a hackathon into a rave, dumpster diving 50k, living out of a lifeguard tower for two nights, and (allegedly) stealing over 20 signs. in my past life, i was a yc s24 founder, working on observability, model behavior and data work.

things i'm interested in:
everything about llm's, especially sft data, multi-llm networks, surfing, film photography, drones, cinematography, astronomy, skateboarding, design, crypto, silicon, e-guitar, hardware, 3d art, and prediction markets.

in the past i designed and built bleeding-edge 3-valued transistors independently to discovering transit-timing-variable exoplanets, and launching a chip-sat to the moon.

i'd love to talk about anything interesting, so feel free to reach out to me!

twt: @_ayushnayak
insta: @ayuuuussshh
disc: @shad0wseven
e-mail: [email protected]


"For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today."

- Bill Watterson