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. ![[train-gif.gif]] 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.* --- 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]]