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I'm Vamsi.

theoretical biophysicist and technology entrepreneur

Vita

Current

  • Studying RNA hybridization kinetics @ Princeton
  • Building LLM tools for scientists @ South Park Commons
  • Advising and investing in startups across sectors

Past

Built networked biometric identity for the Internet as COO/cofounder of Sora ID → acquired by NYSE:YOU → helped scale Sora's network to 30M+ identities as product strategy and partnerships lead @ CLEAR.

Earlier

Physics and applied math @ Stanford. Nanomaterials @ NC State.

Fun

acoustic guitar, Muay Thai, fantasy football (2X AWDISATS champ), cooking veg, struggling through dense books, traveling off the beaten path.

Home

NYC x RTP, NC

If we share any interests, please reach out!

Gratitude

I am who and where I am thanks to a constellation of well-wishers—Joe Tracy, Celia Rowland, Kalyani Tawade, Melissa (Ausley) Bilyeu, Dory Li, Brad Osgood, Bianxiao Cui, Derek Wang, César Arevalo, Ramtin Naimi, Trevor Oelschig, Mike Hurst, Ofer Kimchi, Meghana Iragavarapu, Mattia Mahmoud, Teja Peddada, Rohan Chandrasekhar, among many others—and my family: Papa, Amma, and Varun.