Vikas Nair
Co-Founder at Openlayer
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVikas Nair is a founder and machine learning engineer with nine years of experience building practical, user-centered AI products from prototype to YC-backed startup. He co-founded Openlayer to help teams ship accurate, ethical AI quickly, after prototyping gaze-enhanced dictation and context-aware Siri features at Apple. Comfortable across research, product, and implementation, Vikas has shipped ML-powered user experiences for Vision Pro and conversational agents while also teaching and mentoring large cohorts at NYU. His background spans computer vision, frontend/backend engineering, and operations—evident from earlier work at MLB and impact-driven roles connecting tech to underserved communities. Based in San Francisco, he blends startup grit with product-focused research, prioritizing reliability and real-world safety in deployed AI.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Y CombinatorBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at New York University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (48)
browser10
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react9
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spotify8
rails8
typescript8
ruby8
javascript8
static-site-generator8
hybrid8
mvc7
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vikasnair/BusinessCardApp
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:8 commits, 2 pushes, 3 branches in 2 days
vikasnair/dossier
Dec 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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