i'm **shresth rana**. i lead agentic ai and recommender systems at [grapevine](https://www.grapevine.in). 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.
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find me here:
- linkedin >> [here](https://linkedin.com/in/shresthrana)
- twitter >> [here](https://x.com/shresthrana_)
*cs @[nu](https://niituniversity.in). studied cs+math, got a scholarship for it.*
*used to run a lot. still trying to.*
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Here are links you can use to jump around:
- 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]]