Summary
Vishal Katkar is a founder and CTO who builds AI agents that automate coding workflows, from writing code to fixing CI and opening pull requests, enabling developers to focus on higher-value work. Currently leading Avery, he combines hands-on engineering with product-building experience from founding GoodGist and Researchfin.ai to shipping ML platforms at DataRPM (acquired by Progress). With 20+ years across AI/ML, platform architecture, Kubernetes and full-stack development, he holds a patent in real-time business intelligence driven by search-based analytics. Based in Bengaluru, he champions open source and developer experience, and is notable for turning research prototypes into production-grade ML systems that integrate directly into GitHub workflows.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Information Technology, BE, Information Technology at Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering & Information Technology Shiroda