About
A glimpse into me.
About
Hi there I'm Niraj Yagnik, Founder and CTO at FPX, where we're redefining how compute is used for the intelligence era. I blend expertise in AI, software development, and strategic leadership to build impactful, future-facing solutions—with love.
I started coding at 12 and, over the years, have built a career at the intersection of software, research, and data. My journey has taken me through roles as an AI Engineer, Software Developer, and Research Scientist, with experience spanning enterprises, startups, and mid-sized companies. Along the way, I fell in love with small businesses and startups and realized the time was right to build something of my own—alongside the people I trust the most.
At UCSD, I specialized in AI and honed my focus on democratizing access to technology—a mission that drives me today. Whether leading teams or building hands-on, I love create scalable tools that solve real-world problems and empower people.
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I specialize in AI, Machine Learning, and full-stack development, delivering scalable solutions and user-centric products. From building grant-winning AI systems to deploying large-scale data pipelines, I bring a proven track record of impact across research, product design, and production. Here are some of the places I have worked.
Founder & CTO
FPX AI
Including but not limited to software development, AI research, design, investor & business relations, human resources and marketing.
• 2025-
Head of Product
Bitooda
AI Research and Development.
• 2024 - 2025
Teaching Assistant
University of California, San Diego
TAed classed related to Recommender Systems, Language Models and AI comprising over 400 students.
• 2023 - 2024Graduate Student Researcher
University of California, San Diego
Led research projects on the intersection of AI, HCI, and Explainability.
• 2023 - 2024
Senior Software Engineer
ICICI Lombard
Was part of the team that lead the establishment of Data Engineering and Data Lake efforts at the company from scratch.
• 2021 - 2022
Chief Technology Officer
Prixpo
Built scalable infrastructure for custom tour creation and booking management.
• 2020
Machine Learning Intern
Reliance Jio
Worked on cool research projects related to AI and ML under Dr. Sailesh Kumar.
• 2019
Education
Masters of Science in Computer Science
University of California, San Diego
GPA: 4.0
Specialized in Artificial Intelligence and Human Computer Interaction. Education was fully funded through research and TAship.
Bachelors of Technology in Computer Eng
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
GPA: 9.32/10
Rank 3 out of 150 students in my batch. Published research papers in top journals on topics related to NLP and Machine Learning.