i'm **shresth rana**. ai scientist intern at [intuit](https://www.intuit.com)(summer'26) cs @[usc](https://www.usc.edu/). currently based in 📍 san francisco. ![[IMG_0119.jpg]] formerly, early hire and applied ai at [grapevine](https://www.grapevine.in)(seed by sequoia india), built ai infra and recommender systems from seed through series-A. before that, i worked on large language models and computer vision at [ibm](https://www.ibm.com). mostly interested in systems that help people discover things they'll love. writing about machine learning, india, life and the occasional thoughts about where technology is taking us. ![[train-gif.gif]] find me here: [gh](https://github.com/slipstr34m) | [linkedin](https://linkedin.com/in/shresthrana) | [X](https://x.com/shresthrana_) --- Here are links you can use to jump around: - 05-2026 >> [[kids growing up with ai]] - 09-2025 >> [[studying in the united states]] - 05-2025 >> [[how i built news ai from zero to 3 million swipes]] - 05-2025 >> [[how to rank "things" with LLMs the right way?]] - 12-2024 >> [[ai vs growth tradeoff]] - 12-2024 >> [[how to build a social network?]] - 12-2024 >> [[why i joined a startup]] - 12-2024 >> [[companies are becoming lean]]