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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.

🤓 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 problems—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: “The market did X, and in similar situations, you tend to do Y.” Each completed trade becomes a single “learning 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

👉 Upcoming Hackathons

    AI Trading Agents

    AI Trading Agents

    ⏱️ Design, build, and deploy trustless AI trading agents. 📅 March 30 – April 12, 2026 🌐 Build AI trading agents that execute strategies using ERC-8004 or Kraken CLI. 🤝 Build solo or in teams to create autonomous trading, risk, yield, or protection agents. 💰 $55,000 prize pool, allocated and shared via Surge and Kraken. 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 🔑 Access to early.surge.xyz If prompted for login credentials, use: • Username: admin • Password: JBRv2xWG7AzwVrLz88

    2026 Mar 30

    AMD Developer Hackathon

    AMD Developer Hackathon

    Grab your ideas, spin up compute, and start building what’s next! Start with $100 in AMD Developer Cloud credits and begin building right away. Get access to hands-on tutorials, workshops, and curated learning resources to help you build faster and go further. To unlock credits and join the hackathon, sign up for the AMD AI Developer Program. 🤝 Go solo or team up — ship something real. 💰 $10,000 prize pool up & 1 × AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9700 GPU for grabs. 📍 On-site Venue (May 9-10): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 📍On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑‍💻 Developers, builders, and innovators - bring your boldest ideas and let’s turn them into real AI systems on AMD.

    2026 May 4

    AI GENESIS

    AI GENESIS

    AI Genesis is a global hybrid hackathon that brings AI builders together from around the world — starting online and culminating live at /function1 AI Conference & Exhibition 2026 in Dubai. 📅Oct 26 – Nov 3, 2026 • Oct 26 – Nov 2: Online build & collaboration All projects must be submitted by end of day on November 2. • Nov 2 (Online + Dubai): An exclusive on-site build day in Dubai for selected participants. • Nov 3 (Dubai): Live on-stage pitching & winners announcement at the /function1 Conference. 🌟 Get support from expert mentors throughout. 👥 Go solo or team up. 📍 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. 🧑🏻‍💻 Secure your spot now, sign up before the Kick-Off Stream!

    2026 Oct 26

👌 Attended Hackathons

    Complete AI Hackathon

    Complete AI Hackathon

    Teams work together with multiple AI agents in shared workspaces to design, build, and launch complete AI products — from initial idea to market-ready app. 📅 February 23– March 1, 2026 ⏱️ 6 days to build and ship an end-to-end agentic AI product 🤝 Work together in shared AI workspaces where your team and AI agents collaborate in real time 🔧 Build with multiple AI agents that handle development, design, testing, and documentation together 🎯 Create everything in one place — from ideation to product to marketing materials, all by prompting and observing 🚀 Focus on real-world products that teams could actually ship and use 🏆 $3,500 in prizes + premium 3-month Complete.dev access for top teams 🧑‍💻 Join your team workspace and start building together

    Launch and Fund Your Own Startup-Edition 1

    Launch and Fund Your Own Startup-Edition 1

    Join our $1,000,000+ startup challenge series powered by Surge 📌 This announcement outlines the launch of a Global Human+AI Exchange — aligning universities, global cities, talent networks, and industry to accelerate human-centered AI innovation, technology transfer, and economic growth. 👉 Read more here ⏱️ 8 days to turn your idea, or existing product, into an investable demo. 📅 February 6 - 15, 2026 • Feb 6 - 14 (Online Phase) - Collaborate and build online with developers and AI innovators from around the world. All projects must be submitted by the end of the online phase on February 14th. 🕙 Doors open at 10:00 AM, first come, first served. • Feb 14 (On‑site Build Day) - Selected participants will be invited to an exclusive in‑person session to refine their projects and connect directly with mentors. • Feb 15 (On‑site Demos & Awards) - Live pitching sessions to a panel of judges and ecosystem partners, followed by the official winner announcement. 🌟 Get feedback from startup mentors and technical experts. 📍 On-site Venue (Feb 14–15): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 📲 Real-time on-site updates (SF) For real-time announcements and information during the on-site portion (Feb 14–15), join the LabLab SF Chapter WhatsApp group: 👉 Join the WhatsApp group 🤝 Join solo or with a team. New founders and existing startups are welcome. 🏆 $1,000,000+ in credits, token prizes, perks and funding opportunity. 📍 On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑‍💻 Apply now to build, validate, and pitch with purpose.

    Deriv AI Talent Sprint

    Deriv AI Talent Sprint

    Join Deriv and lablab.ai for a high-intensity hybrid hackathon where top builders create AI prototypes, demo their work, and get fast-tracked to interviews. When • Sat, Jan 31, 2026- On-Site Pre-Hackathon: Deriv AI Meetup (Dubai) • Fri, Feb 6 - Opening words, Challenge, and Hackathon kick-off. (Dubai) • Sat, Feb 7 - Build and ship your prototype - 12 hours (Onsite +Online) • Sun, Feb 8 - Demos, judging, and next steps for standout teams. (Onsite +Online) On-Site Pre-Hackathon: Deriv AI Meetup Sat, Jan 31, 2026 · 2:00–6:00 PM (GST) · Dubai In-person talks, workshops, team formation, and networking with the Deriv team. 👉 Deriv AI Meetup registration What's in it for you • USD $10,000+ in prizes across categories • Mentors available to unblock you when you're stuck • Fast-track interviews for top performers - skip the queue • Real problems to solve - not toy demos Format • Teams of 1-3 • Hybrid: Dubai on-site or fully remote • On-site spots confirmed after screening Location • One by Omniyat, 24th Floor, Al Mustaqbal Street, Business Bay, Dubai, UAE • Travel and accommodation not provided. Apply now • Spots are limited. Shortlisting begins right after the event.

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    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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