Trent Gillham is a founder and CTO with 11 years of experience building AI-first startups and shipping GenAI products from 0→1. Based in Austin, he combines deep hands-on expertise in Python, Rust, and modern ML stacks with product-driven leadership that spans model deployment, rapid prototyping, and large-scale AI infrastructure. He architected systems that process 10B+ records a day for identity resolution, led a generative media platform that produced 1M+ images and 100K+ videos, and raised $3.5M in seed funding while managing core engineering teams. Trent blends systems engineering (Terraform, AWS, containerized GPU orchestration) with research-grade ML workflows, having automated fine-tuning across thousands of models and open-sourced key generative model work. He’s also built agentic AI frameworks and internal agent harnesses that bridge REST APIs with LLM-driven UI and tooling—an unusual mix of product UX and backend scale. Pragmatic and inventive, Trent repeatedly modernizes legacy platforms into agent-enabled, production-grade AI services.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Valedictorian, Valedictorian at Evangel Christian Academy
Bachelors of Science Magna Cum Laude Computer Science, Bachelors of Science Magna Cum Laude Computer Science at University of New Orleans
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