technical contributions
- Founder of Phyvant: specialized enterprise AI with verified organizational context.
- Helped build RLHF and model quality systems at Mercor.
interests
Generalist robot policies. AI agents that do real work. Space.
non-professional interests
- Chess (competitive play and puzzles)
- Basketball (playing and watching)
- Snowboarding (winter slopes and powder)
- Hiking (trying to do more of this)
- Origami (started as a focus thing, now I just like it)
- Anime and manga (Steins Gate, Vinland Saga, Monster)
- Meeting people building things that matter
contact
nihalgunukula@gmail.com. I read everything.