I'm an engineer and founder in Dallas-Fort Worth, currently building two AI products full-time — momentumtrader.ai (AI-native trading intelligence) and a2zai.ai (real-time intelligence for AI builders). Before going independent in 2024, I spent ~15 years in engineering leadership, most recently at AWS Security and before that at Goldman Sachs, shipping systems in regulated, high-stakes environments where being right mattered as much as shipping fast. Baylor grad. Happiest when the pipeline holds under load and the agent actually does the thing. I hike with my 2 kids. I also enjoy kayaking and grilling.

Topics I want to go deeper on: Agent architectures in production — memory, tool use, evals, and what actually holds up past the demo Real-time data infrastructure for AI — streaming pipelines, change detection, low-latency retrieval Model evaluation and comparison at scale — beyond leaderboards, into quality/latency/cost/reliability tradeoffs in real workloads Applied ML for financial markets — regime detection, signal decay, and anything at the intersection of LLMs and quantitative strategies

Two things right now, both full-time: momentumtrader.ai — AI-native trading intelligence. Building momentum scoring across price, volume, volatility, and catalysts, regime-aware models that adapt to market conditions, and an agent that pulls earnings, options chains, and news into structured trade scenarios. API-accessible signals for decision support. a2zai.ai — Real-time intelligence for AI builders. Tracks the moment an LLM ships, an API changes, or a benchmark moves. Live stream of high-sign

Head of Innovation for the AT&T Foundry. Technical Presales for Nokia. Services Business lead for Nokia. Presales and Solution Architecture for Trilio Data.

Starting a Business

AI Apps tied to Openshift, Openstack, OpenClaw - focused on Sales, Services. Enterprise and Telco focus.

I'm a technical product leader and high-impact problem solver with 15+ years of experience across Applied AI, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and deep tech. I've led 0→1 initiatives and scaled GenAI, Level 4 AV, OCR/VLM platforms, DeFi wallets, and developer ecosystems. Over my career, I've built 40+ B2B/B2C products, managed $30M+ budgets, and led teams of 200+ across the globe. I focus on AI-native roadmaps, product–market fit, GTM strategy, and global delivery execution.

- GenAI - Robotics - Autonomous Vehicles - Advanced Manufacturing - Biotechnology & Life Sciences - Space Technology & Communication - Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology

GenAI at Hearst

Karthik Narayanan is a Solutions Architect at Mercury Smart Solutions with over 15 years of IT experience. He specializes in cloud-native microservices, OpenAPI/REST, and big data technologies like Hadoop and Spark. His expertise extends to ETL, time-series analytics, IoT/Smart City platforms, and network automation. Karthik holds an MS in Engineering from The University of Texas at Dallas and a Wharton analytics certificate. He is currently open to work and self-employed, seeking co-founders for business ventures and interested in community and friendships. Karthik is also an AI Engineer tinkerer, working on smart home dashboards.

Cloud-native microservices, OpenAPI/REST, big data (Hadoop, Spark), ETL and time-series analytics, IoT and Smart City platforms, network/IP transformation and automation, smart home dashboards, GTM strategy, technical architecture, and finding business co-founders.

smart home dashboard

I am currently serving as chair of Engineering and Gaming department at Dallas College. I am also teaching online IT classes at Dallas college. I am member of SWE and ASME.

AI in Engineering and Gaming fields

Learning Ai tools