👋 I'm Sagun, ❤️ :startups, I mentor Founders/CTOs to build better techstacks -> products -> startups

⚡ Cheers to BUIDLers and HODLers across the world
👋 I’m currently serving as Global Innovation Director - Technology & Engineering for listed Swiss Private Bank Julius Baer.
💬 Recently my nascent curiosity has been sparked in Quantum Computing influencing AI/ML space, Gene Therapy leveraging AI and LLMs on edge computing devices.
🌱 I’m currently experimenting with Replicate, Data Catalogs & Vector Search Engines
💬 Ask me about anything related to building AI/ML Startups, LLMs/RAG, Data Engineering & Devtools
📫 How to reach me: @sagungarg or sagungarg.com or @sagungarg
👨‍💻 Read more about my projects at sagungarg.com
⚡ Fun fact: I ❤️ Startups 0-1 phase the Genesis block for creation of capital markets.

Brief Professional History: About me

🌱 3 x CoFounder/CTO - AI/ML based ventures (Devtools, Proptech - 15+yrs Serial Entrepreneur): Role - Leading & Hiring Engineering teams for AI/ML products & Fund Raising
⚡ 2 x CTO on Hire Pre-Series A startups in AI (Supply Chains and CareerTech): Role: Turning around scaling needs of startups for next round of fund raise. Both ventures respectively were in Singapore & Hong Kong
👋 I have Angel Invested across 35+ US based startups in 5 domains (AI/ML, Bitcoin Native, SpaceTech, Longetivity Tech & Devtools) mostly focussing on Geo (US based startups only coinvesting with Reputed Silicon Valley Stalwarts)
⚡ Polyglot programmer (9+ programming languages in 3 different paradigms)
👨‍💻 Hands on CTO with a flair to build 1st version of every product for my own fun.
📫 Deep understanding of interplay between Business, Product & Engineering tradeoffs in 0-1 phase vs 1-n phase.
👨‍💻 Winner of various Hackathons, Competitive Prizes and Ideathons for Startups across various cities in the world

Blog posts

Sagun Garg's Projects

btc-py

Python based implementation of Bitcoin node

btc-rs

Rust based sample implementation of bitcoin node

demo-rust-docker

Demoing how to convert a working Rust hello world codebase into a Docker image

Python version of Pact. Enables consumer driven contract testing, providing a mock service and DSL for the consumer project, and interaction playback and verification for the service provider project.