Deepak Chawla
Founder of HiDevs, Microsoft MVP (AI - Python), and Perplexity AI Business Fellow
About
I'm Deepak Chawla, the founder of HiDevs, a Microsoft MVP in AI-Python, and a Perplexity AI Business Fellow. My career has taken me from software engineering to data science and now to leading AI initiatives, with roles across India, Belgium, and the US. I'm passionate about building production-ready, secure AI systems and democratizing GenAI education through platforms like HiDevs. I focus on AI agents, vector databases, and community building, and I've mentored thousands, hosted numerous events, and delivered projects globally. I'm looking to connect with founders, builders, and investors to scale impact and foster meaningful collaborations in the AI ecosystem.
Networking
What I can offer
- ›Mentorship and coaching
- ›Collaboration opportunities
- ›A platform (HiDevs, AI House) for builders to showcase products and get feedback
- ›Connections between founders and investors
- ›Access to learning resources
Looking for
- ›expanding my professional network
- ›exploring mutual opportunities in AI and technology
Best fit for
Current Interests
Background
Career
Started as Junior Software Engineer at Hidden Talent, progressed through roles as Machine Learning Engineer at BridgeLabz, Data Scientist at Easyrewardz Software Services, Chief Technology Officer at Merito, Lead Data Scientist & Gen AI at CoffeeBeans, Data Science Manager at AI Planet, AI Business Fellow at Perplexity, and currently Founder at HiDevs and Microsoft MVP at Microsoft
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from M.L.V Textile & Engineering College, Bhilwara; High School (Mathematics and Computer Science) from St. Anselm's Sr. Sec. School Bhilwara; School at Rosette English School; Practical knowledge from Internet
Achievements
- ›Featured twice in Times Square, NYC for HiDevs’ impact in AI education
- ›Built 'EchoDeepak,' a personal AI clone that handles 10,000+ queries from learners
- ›Mentored 3,000+ individuals 1:1
- ›Hosted 50+ webinars and 5+ workshops
- ›Served as a jury member at national-level hackathons (Smart India Hackathon 2024)
- ›Signed an MoU with NMIT Bangalore to train 1,000+ AI professionals
- ›A 4x founder who has delivered projects in the USA, Europe, Dubai, Singapore, Malaysia, and India
- ›Deployed 50+ ML models and 200+ GenAI Proofs of Concept (PoCs)
- ›Mentored learners from non-tech to pro-level, including job placement
- ›As CTO at Merito, built an in-house data science platform single-handedly within 10 days
- ›As Data Scientist at Easyrewardz, used predictive analytics to forecast new product sales with a 95% accuracy rate and improved data mining processes by 20%
Opinions
- If you are building AI agents and just hoping they don't hallucinate or leak data, you aren't engineering, you’re gambling
- Believes in 'execution over hype' and 'building over conversation'
- Views prompts as 'reasoning patterns, not just text artifacts' and advocates for treating them like version-controlled code
- Believes in building 'a global platform not just a WA community group' to genuinely empower builders and break down gatekeeping biases