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nevilshah235

Nevil Shah@nevilshah235

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6+ years of experience

About me

I am a Senior AI and MLOps Engineer with six years of experience building production-grade AI systems across large language models, computer vision, and deep learning. My work spans LLM platforms, RAG systems, and GPU-backed inference infrastructure, as well as vision models deployed under real-world constraints. My work focuses on taking AI systems from research and experimentation to reliable, scalable production. I work extensively on optimizing latency, infrastructure cost, and hallucination risk under real-world traffic, and on making deep learning models robust enough for continuous operation in production environments. I enjoy solving the unglamorous but critical problems that make AI systems actually usable. I have designed and deployed end-to-end AI pipelines across startups and enterprise environments, including computer vision and deep learning workflows, LLM evaluation frameworks, retrieval and reranking systems, inference serving stacks, and autoscaling infrastructure. I care deeply about maintainability, observability, and operating AI systems that remain stable at scale. On lablab.ai, I am interested in collaborating on practical AI projects, especially around agentic systems, evaluation, safety, computer vision, and AI infrastructure that bridges research and real-world constraints.

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I have hands-on experience building AI systems using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and vector databases to solve real engineering and QA problems. I’ve designed and deployed cloud-hosted AI applications with structured evaluation, regression testing, and explainability in mind. My work focuses on moving beyond demos to reliable, production-ready AI workflows.

πŸ€“ Latest Submissions

    SystemQuest

    SystemQuest

    SystemQuest is a hands-on, gamified learning platform that transforms how engineers learn system design. Instead of passively reading blogs or memorizing patterns, users actively build real-world system architectures on a visual drag-and-drop canvas using components like load balancers, caches, databases, queues, and services. Each design is evaluated in real time by a simulation engine across core system metrics such as latency, throughput, availability, scalability, and cost. Users receive transparent, rubric-based feedback that highlights architectural gaps and trade-offs. An integrated AI assistant understands both the current mission and the user’s architecture, providing contextual explanations, hints, and design guidance at multiple levels of depth. SystemQuest offers structured learning paths and missions inspired by real engineering problemsβ€”ranging from high-read systems and asynchronous processing to distributed consistency and large-scale streaming. By combining simulation, AI feedback, and gamification, SystemQuest helps learners build true system design intuition through practice and iteration.

    Hackathon link

    2 Mar 2026

    InsightX - Turn Trades Into Learning Moments

    InsightX - Turn Trades Into Learning Moments

    Most trading education platforms focus on teaching strategies and indicators. InsightX focuses on teaching *the trader*. InsightX is an AI-powered personalised trading education system that uses a trader’s own past trades as the primary learning material. Instead of generic lessons, the system analyses completed trades, market context, and behavioural patterns to generate clear, non-judgmental explanations such as: β€œThe market did X, and in similar situations, you tend to do Y.” Each completed trade becomes a single β€œlearning moment.” Before showing the explanation, InsightX prompts the trader to reflect on their decision, encouraging engagement and reducing defensiveness. Based on recurring patterns, the system adapts its explanations and recommends what the trader should learn next, effectively creating a personalised curriculum shaped by real trading behaviour. InsightX transforms trading education from passive information into active, reflective learning grounded in real experience.

    Hackathon link

    7 Feb 2026

    UClaim

    UClaim

    UClaim is an AI-agent-driven insurance claims platform that demonstrates how trustless execution can be embedded into agentic commerce workflows. In traditional insurance systems, claims processing is slow, manual, and opaque. Even when AI is introduced, most workflows still rely on human verification and post-hoc audits, resulting in delays, higher operational costs, and limited scalability. The core challenge is not just making decisions with AI, but executing those decisions safely, predictably, and in compliance with defined rules. UClaim introduces an agentic claims workflow where AI agents, powered by Gemini, ingest claim documents, extract relevant information, and reason over policy conditions to determine eligibility. These decisions are not treated as final authority. Instead, they are validated against deterministic, auditable policy rules that exist outside the model, ensuring transparency and control. Once all conditions are satisfied, UClaim triggers a conditional payout using Circle’s programmable payment infrastructure. The AI agent never has direct access to funds. Payment execution is guarded by explicit constraints, limits, and rule checks, ensuring funds are released only when eligibility criteria are met. This clear separation between intelligence and execution prevents over-delegation of financial authority to AI. Arc Blockchain is used to anchor claim decisions and execution state, providing verifiable records and auditability across the workflow. This enables insurers, regulators, and auditors to trace how a decision was made and how a payout was executed without relying on opaque internal systems. The current implementation is a proof-of-concept that demonstrates end-to-end claim verification, eligibility determination, and guarded payout execution. UClaim serves as a practical example of how agentic AI systems can safely participate in real financial workflows when paired with programmable payments and verifiable execution layers.

    Hackathon link

    24 Jan 2026

πŸ‘‰ Upcoming Hackathons

    AI GENESIS

    AI GENESIS

    AI Genesis is a global hybrid hackathon that brings AI builders together from around the world β€” starting online and culminating live at /function1 AI Conference & Exhibition 2026 in Dubai. πŸ“…Oct 26 – Nov 3, 2026 β€’ Oct 26 – Nov 2: Online build & collaboration All projects must be submitted by end of day on November 2. β€’ Nov 2 (Online + Dubai): An exclusive on-site build day in Dubai for selected participants. β€’ Nov 3 (Dubai): Live on-stage pitching & winners announcement at the /function1 Conference. 🌟 Get support from expert mentors throughout. πŸ‘₯ Go solo or team up. πŸ“ Please note: If approved for the on-site experience, you’ll also have the opportunity to showcase your project live. Travel and accommodation will not be covered. πŸ§‘πŸ»β€πŸ’» Secure your spot now, sign up before the Kick-Off Stream!

    2026 Oct 26

    AI trading agents with ERC-8004 Hackathon

    AI trading agents with ERC-8004 Hackathon

    ⏱️ Design, build, and deploy trustless AI financial agents. πŸ“… March 30 – April 12, 2026 🌐 Build AI agents that access capital, execute on-chain strategies, and earn verifiable trust with ERC-8004. 🀝 Build solo or in teams to create autonomous trading, risk, yield, or protection agents. πŸ’° $50,000 prize pool in $SURGE Tokens, allocated to trading accounts with profits shared via Surge. Your team should have registered project at early.surge.xyz in order to be eligible for the prize Get access in your team profile or our discord πŸ”‘ Access to early.surge.xyz If prompted for login credentials, use: β€’ Username: admin β€’ Password: JBRv2xWG7AzwVrLz88

    2026 Mar 30

πŸ‘Œ Attended Hackathons

    Google Vertex AI Hackathon

    Google Vertex AI Hackathon

    πŸš€πŸ’» Be the first to build an AI App on Google's models! Hackathon on July 7-10. πŸ”¬πŸŒ Try new Vertex AI features from Google Cloud Platform. 🀝🌍 Learn from AI leaders and connect with like-minded people. πŸ› οΈπŸ“± Build apps with the world's best AI tools! πŸ’‘πŸŒ Solve real-world problems with Generative AI models

    SURGE Γ— OpenClaw Hackathon

    SURGE Γ— OpenClaw Hackathon

    ⏱️ 4 weeks to design and ship a working Web3 product or AI agent. πŸ“… February 4 to March 1, 2026 β€’ Feb 4 – Hackathon opens. Teams can start building and submitting. β€’ Feb 5 to March 1 – Build, test, and iterate. β€’ March 1 – Final submissions due. 🚨 Important eligibility reminder To be eligible for prizes, teams must post their submission video on X and tag @lablabai and @Surgexyz_. 🀝 Build solo or with a team. πŸ’° $50,000 prize pool in $SURGE Token. ⚠️ Self-service hackathon This is a fully self-service hackathon. There are no live streams, kickoff sessions, or scheduled workshops. Participants can register, build, and submit at any time before the submission deadline.

    The Rise of AI Agents Hackathon

    The Rise of AI Agents Hackathon

    ⏱️ Design, build, and launch a real-world AI Agent - As part of Dubai AI Week πŸ“… Fall 2026 / TBA πŸ† $60,000+ prize pool 🀝 Join solo or with a team. πŸ“ Location Deriv Offices, One by Omniyat, 24th Floor, Al Mustaqbal Street, Business Bay, Dubai, UAE On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation are not covered. πŸ§‘β€πŸ’» Apply now and build the next generation of AI Agents.

πŸ“ Certificates

    Agentic Commerce on Arc

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    Deriv AI Talent Sprint

    Deriv AI Talent Sprint | Certificate

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    Complete AI Hackathon

    Complete AI Hackathon | Certificate

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