About
Thiyagarajan is co-founder and CEO of Kalmantic Agentic Lab, where he is developing OpenFactoryAI.com with a focus on inference and model deployment. Previously, he built a computer vision startup and held a product role at Intuit. He has authored two books on AI topics—Peak Inference and Model Is the Easy Part—co-hosts the RK on AI podcast, and writes at mtrajan.com.
Experience
- Kalmantic Agentic LabCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- RK on AICo-hostcurrent2026 — present
- Peak Inference ForumFounding Membercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Hexaview Technologies Inc.AI Advisor2025 — 2026India
- IntuitProduct Leader2015 — 2016Bangalore
- IntuitProduct Management2011 — 2015
- MotvikCo-Founder2006 — 2011Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- AdvettaCo-founder and CTO2005 — 2006Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Emuzed IncSoftware Engineer2005Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- SapientSoftware Engineer2003 — 2004Gurugram, Haryana, India
Skills & more
InferencePeak PerformanceModelsVenture CProduct Marketing21SaaS11Start-ups25Strategy19Product Development23Software Development9Web Applications3User Experience2
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Enterprise SoftwareManagementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)- AI Readiness Certification — jusCode
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Colleagues at Upekkha
Bhavya
Manager - Investments at Upekkha
Fahad
Head - Investor Relations & Seed Funding at Upekkha
Gokul
Partner at Upekkha
Jeyashrri. G
Virtual Assistant at Upekkha
Nisha
Associate, Accelerator Operations at Upekkha
Prasanna Krishnamoorthy
CEO and Co-founder, Upekkha at NSRCEL
Shekar
Managing Partner at Upekkha
Tanuka
Head, Program & Community at Upekkha
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Thiyagarajan (Rajan)?
- Thiyagarajan is co-founder and CEO of Kalmantic Agentic Lab, where he is developing OpenFactoryAI.com with a focus on inference and model deployment. Previously, he built a computer vision startup and held a product role at Intuit. He has authored two books on AI topics—Peak Inference and Model Is the Easy Part—co-hosts the RK on AI podcast, and writes at mtrajan.com.
- Where does Thiyagarajan (Rajan) work?
- Thiyagarajan (Rajan) is Managing Partner at Upekkha.
- Where did Thiyagarajan (Rajan) go to school?
- Thiyagarajan (Rajan) studied at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) (B.Tech, Computer Science).
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Intuit107
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