Vasanth Balakrishnan

Member of Technical Staff (Founding Research Engineer) at Resolve AI

Agentic AILarge Language Models (LLMs)Machine Learning InfrastructureComputer VisionReinforcement LearningScalable ML Architecture

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About

I'm Vasanth Balakrishnan, a Founding Research Engineer at Resolve AI. My career has been dedicated to the intersection of machine learning and robust engineering, from building real-time identity verification systems as a founding engineer at Vouched to developing ML infrastructure at Humane. Currently, I'm focused on creating 'AI Production Engineers'—agentic systems capable of autonomously troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues. I am passionate about moving engineers from being 'in the loop' to 'on the loop,' allowing AI to handle mission-critical, long-horizon tasks. With a background in Engineering Physics from IIT Madras and deep experience in LLMs and computer vision, I offer expertise in building scalable, purpose-built AI models. I'm always looking to connect with high-caliber talent and industry partners who are interested in the future of automated operations and AI-driven observability.

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What I can offer

›Deep expertise in building agentic systems and ML infrastructure
›Insights into identity verification and fraud detection research
›Experience scaling AI startups from founding stages

Looking for

›expanding my professional network
›exploring mutual opportunities in AI and Production Engineering

Best fit for

ML researchers and engineersDevOps and SRE professionalsTech founders and partners in the AI ecosystem

Current Interests

Agentic AI for production troubleshootingAI and DevOps intersectionSynthetic data generationObservability and incident remediation

Background

Career

Began as a software developer intern at Mad Street Den, transitioned to freelance ML consulting, then served as Head of AI Research at Vouched. Later worked as a Senior ML Infra Engineer at Humane before becoming a founding research engineer at Resolve AI.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Engineering Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras (2010 – 2014)

Achievements

›Founding Engineer at Vouched and Resolve AI
›Core team member at Resolve AI during $1.5 billion valuation milestone
›Led research for identity verification used by major banks and healthcare institutions
›Developed player and ball tracking systems for US Open professional tennis teams

Opinions

General-purpose frontier models fall short for production engineering; they require domain-specific post-training.
As software writing becomes automated, the primary challenge shifts to operating and debugging it.
Engineers should move from being 'in the loop' to 'on the loop,' with AI handling long-horizon tasks.