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I’m Aishwarya, or Aish. I work in AI and I’m the co-founder of The Gen Academy, where I teach people to build and evaluate AI agents.
I also share practical AI explainers on Instagram as @the.datascience.gal ↗.
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A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I started posting on LinkedIn as a student because I was looking for research opportunities. I shared what I was learning. Today, that community has grown to over 1.2 million people across platforms.
I moved to the US to study data science at Columbia University. Since then, I’ve worked on AI at IBM and Google Cloud, advised startups at Microsoft for Startups, and led AI Developer Relations at Fireworks AI.
Now I’m building The Gen Academy with Arvind Narayanamurthy. Teaching matters a lot to me. When I explain an AI system, I want you to be able to question the choices behind it. Why this model? And how would you know if its answer was wrong?
Being an immigrant in the US is part of my story, too. Alongside the technical work, I share my experience of building a career here.
More about my work on LinkedIn ↗A STUDY IN CURIOSITY
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On YouTube, I teach AI through educational videos and technical walkthroughs. I want you to understand the decisions behind a system, then try building it yourself.
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If you’re getting into AI agents, start with one of the free lessons below. For a longer course with live teaching and projects, Arvind and I teach Mastering Agentic AI.
We work through the decisions involved in building an AI agent, from its architecture to evaluation. You’ll build projects throughout the course and bring that work together in a capstone.
@the.datascience.galAI WITH AISH · ON INSTAGRAM
On Instagram, I break down AI concepts through short videos and practical examples. I want you to understand what a tool actually does, where it might be useful, and what questions to ask before using it.
If you’re curious about AI but don’t know where to start, come join me. There’s room for the technical details and the beginner questions.
Find me on InstagramMY PODCAST
How is Google rethinking Search? What changes for software engineers at LinkedIn? I ask the people making those decisions, and share the conversations here.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & AI
Co-founder, LinkedIn
We talked about Superagency, building LinkedIn, and how Reid thinks about AI as an entrepreneur and investor.
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THE FUTURE OF ENGINEERING
CTO, Engineering, LinkedIn
Erran and I discussed how AI is changing software engineering and the skills developers need.
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SEARCH AT GLOBAL SCALE
SVP, Knowledge & Information, Google
At Google I/O, I asked Nick how AI is changing Search and what it means to build for billions of people.
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SECURITY & TRUST
Chief Security & Trust Officer, Snowflake
Mayank and I talked about securing AI agents, including data permissions and where human oversight comes in.
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ENTERPRISE AI
Chief Business & Product Officer, Google Cloud
Karthik explained how he thinks about bringing AI into enterprises, including the tension between moving quickly and keeping control.
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DATA & AGENTS
AI & data leadership, Google Cloud
A conversation with Andi about the relationship between data and agents that can take action.
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SPEAKING & WORKSHOPS
I speak about the technical work behind AI, and about my experience building a career in it. If you’re planning an event or a workshop, tell me who’s coming and what they want to learn.
How to design an agent, give it the context it needs, and test whether it does the job you built it for.
What teams need to learn before they can make useful decisions about adopting AI.
My experience as an immigrant working in AI, and how sharing what I learned became part of my career.
AI WITH AISH · NEWSLETTERMy longer explanations live on Substack, along with my take on developments in AI.
Read on Substack ↗THE BOOK
In this book, I share what I’ve learned about building a personal brand and recognizing the value of your work.
About the book ↗
A FEW SIDE PROJECTS ESCAPED THE NOTEBOOK.
Games, rabbit holes, and things I wanted to understand better.
Got a guess? Go on.
Play the game ↗ 02 / ZOOM OUTExplore AI’s impact on resources and the world economy.
Open the dashboard ↗ 03 / DOODLEYour next drawing rabbit hole.
Let’s play ↗ 04 / LOOK INSIDEA visual explainer for the technically curious.
Explore the agent ↗No curses. A few new browser tabs, though.
CONTACT
For speaking invitations, interviews, or collaborations, send me a note about what you have in mind and when.
partnerships@illuminate-ai.org ↗
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