Paras Savnani

Hey there 👋 I'm an Engineer/Founder based out of San Francisco, currently building Robolens (Context Layer for Physical AI). When I'm not busy breaking things (oops, I mean... building things xP), I'm tinkering with the latest AI models! Check out what I'm cooking on Github!

Also, I am a member of the ODF community, Tribe network and The SF Commons - come say hi :)

Are you a high agency person who wants to collaborate? Shoot me an email at savnani5@gmail.com!

Background:

• Born and raised in Ahmedabad, India! APS (Army Public School) gang represent!
• Used to play semi-pro Soccer in high school, was also a triathlete.
• Did Bachelor's in Mechanical Engg. and developed multiple Robots during my undergrad at ITNU. Led India's robotics team at ABU Robocon, Vietnam! We won nationals in 2018 (against 110 teams, setting the speed record in competition's history) and finished runners-up in 2019.
• Built one of the first intelligent AI agents for logistics (TiA) at Fero AI (before AI agents were cool xD) - an NLP powered system that could handle entire freight logistics (here)! [2020]
• Speedran Master's in CS/Robotics (15 months) from University of Maryland (Go TERPS xP). Did AI Avatar research under Aniket Bera and ML/CV research on drones under Lina Castano. [2021-22]
• Developed one of the first real-time AI Avatars at Samsung Research, NEON Labs (product). Trained the foundational Motion/Video generation models and we also deployed it for enterprise users. More information on the launch here! [2022-23]
• Got my O1A ("Alien of Extraordinary Ability") visa from USCIS in 2024 :)
• Founder of Lunaris AI: we build and deploy production-ready AI systems into your existing infra. Also worked with Tribe AI on projects involving Agentic System & Harness Engineering, and Computer Use agents. [2024-present]

Misc:

• I'm a huge sci-fi nerd; always down to chat about Space tech, AGI, Robotics, Simulation, Neural Interfaces, or really anything futuristic.
• Also into strength training and I try to run/hike when I can. Although, my diet is a work in progress haha.
• Here's my book collection!
• I believe everyone should read this blog on first principles thinking and this blog on high agency!

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