🧠 About Me

I'm an AI/ML engineer from Goa, India, building AI-native products — LLM systems, RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and applied machine learning. I wrote my first line of code at 14 (2018) and have been shipping ever since: a multimodal AI assistant, a computer-vision attendance system that won a national hackathon, and a blockchain marketplace that secured a ₹10 Lakh incubation grant.

• 🎓 Final-year B.E. Computer Engineering @ Don Bosco College of Engineering — graduating September 2026
• 🔭 Currently building JugaadGPT — a constraint-first multimodal AI assistant (voice · image · text)
• 💼 Previously: Co-Founder & CTO @ Carbon Bazaar · SDE Intern @ Onstro
• 🎯 Open to AI/ML engineering roles and early-stage startups
• 💬 Ask me about LLMs, RAG, vector search, Whisper, computer vision, FastAPI

jay = {
    "focus":       ["LLM systems", "RAG + pgvector", "agentic workflows", "computer vision"],
    "building":    "JugaadGPT — multimodal AI that respects real-world constraints",
    "stack":       ["Python", "FastAPI", "PostgreSQL", "React", "TypeScript"],
    "past_lives":  ["Co-Founder & CTO (Carbon Bazaar)", "SDE Intern (Onstro)"],
    "mission":     "build AI products used by millions",
}

🚀 Featured Projects

Project	What it is	Stack	Proof
JugaadGPT	Constraint-first multimodal AI assistant — generates solutions that fit your real budget, materials, and location	LLMs · RAG · pgvector · Whisper · FastAPI · React Native	Multimodal: voice + image + text, multilingual
Smart Attendance System	Dual-factor attendance: live facial recognition + RFID — proxy-proof	Python · OpenCV · ML · RFID	🥈 2nd place, InfoFest 2024 hackathon
Carbon Bazaar	Blockchain carbon-credit marketplace (past role: Co-Founder & CTO)	Solidity · React · FastAPI · Web3	💰 ₹10L FiiRE grant · 🥈 GEC Startup Standoff 2025
jayrane.dev	Interactive portfolio with an on-device AI you can ask about me — LLM runs in your browser	Next.js · WebLLM · RAG · GSAP	You're one click away

🏆 Honors

• 🥈 2nd Place — InfoFest 2024 national hackathon (Smart Attendance System)
• 🥈 2nd Place — GEC Startup Standoff 2025 (Carbon Bazaar)
• 🥈 2nd Place — GEC Pitch Tank 2026 (BuyerGrade)
• ⭐ Top 5 Finalist — Converge 2.0 (out of 60+ teams)
• 💰 ₹10 Lakh FiiRE Incubation Grant (Carbon Bazaar)

🛠️ Tech Stack

AI / ML

 + LLMs · RAG · pgvector · Whisper · NumPy · Pandas

Languages & Backend

Frontend & Infra

📈 GitHub Activity

🤝 Connect

📍 Goa, India · 📧 jayrane2004@gmail.com · 🌐 jayrane.dev · 📄 cv.jayrane.dev