# Aditya Guruprasad

> Applied AI/ML at Astera Labs. San Jose, CA.

Hi there, this website is a culmination of experiences, thoughts, and some knick knacks. If you don't like mini-me, you can always send him back through the first door.

I currently work at Astera Labs (ALAB) - the company builds connectivity silicon across multiple protocols to power AI & cloud infrastructure.

## Pages

- [About](/about.md)

- [Reading](/reading.md)

- [Now](/now.md)

## Contact

- Email: aditya.guruprasad@gmail.com

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# About Aditya Guruprasad

Hi there, this website is a culmination of experiences, thoughts, and some knick knacks. If you don't like mini-me, you can always send him back through the first door.

I currently work at Astera Labs (ALAB) - the company builds connectivity silicon across multiple protocols to power AI & cloud infrastructure.

I lead engineering for a subset of our Applied AI Team. We focus on building and evaluating both agent-native and traditional ML systems for silicon design and adjacent operations. Significant time is also spent in the optimization of the harness, orchestration, evals/benchmarks, and agent environments.

Previously, I led product growth at Atlas, a focused AI learning platform for students backed by a16z and others. Before this, I was part of USC Iovine & Young Academy's 30 person cohort (class of 2024), studying a mix of development and product design. I had the opportunity to work on many interesting projects at various startups and enterprises through part-time and internship roles.

There is an escape-artist waiting at the bottom of this site, try to bring her back home.

## Work

- **Astera Labs** (Applied AI)
  - Senior Machine Learning Engineer, 2026: Own core ML infra, platforms, governance, and some custom solutions.
  - AI/ML Engineer, 2025: Applied AI team - building AI systems for silicon (ASIC) design and operations.
- **Atlas**
  - Product & Growth, 2024: Led product growth at Atlas, backed by a16z, Coinbase, Kindred Ventures, and others.
- **USC**
  - Graduation, 2024:
    - Started part-time M.S. in Computer Engineering at USC's Viterbi School of Engineering.
    - 1 of 30 students part of USC's Iovine & Young Academy B.S. program.
    - Led [AcceptED](https://www.instagram.com/acceptedusc/), providing free college app review and coaching to over 250 students.
    - Built Nexum, an investing platform for LA-based family offices and angels.
- **EY, Mattel**
  - Strategy, 2023: Built data and systems redesign strategies across technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors.
- **Adobe**
  - Engineering Intern, 2022: Built and shipped SDK features, tooling, and in-product guidance for enterprise customers.
- **Samsung**
  - Product Intern, 2021: Built GTM strategy for wearable devices.
- **Coco**
  - Product Intern, 2020: Early intern at Coco. Built product strategy and strategic marketing funnels.

# Reading

## The Bhagavad Gita, Eknath Easwaran

True growth comes from detachment, not ambition. The more desperately we chase achievement, the more it eludes us. Our obsession with outcomes is the very thing that prevents us from finding what we seek. The path to mastery lies in letting go.

## Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

Power reveals weakness, not strength. The higher you climb, the more your flaws become visible. Even the emperor of Rome was plagued by the same doubts as everyone else. Status amplifies who we already are; it doesn't transform us into who we wish to be.

## Zero to One, Peter Thiel

Competition is for losers. The best founders don't enter competitive markets; they create new ones. We praise competition as the heart of capitalism, but true value creation happens where competition doesn't exist. Don't compete with rivals; make them irrelevant.

## The Hard Thing About Hard Things, Ben Horowitz

Good leaders make unpopular decisions. The hardest choices in business aren't between good and bad, but between bad and worse. Consensus kills innovation. The best leaders aren't those who find the right answers, but those who act decisively with incomplete information.

## Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman

Your intuition is usually wrong. We're not just occasionally irrational; we're systematically biased in predictable ways. Our confidence in our judgments grows even as their accuracy diminishes. The smarter you are, the better you become at rationalizing your own mistakes.

## Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari

Progress is built on shared fiction. Money, nations, and human rights exist only in our collective imagination. The most powerful forces in history aren't physical objects but shared beliefs. We're not rational beings who believe in stories; we're storytelling beings who occasionally think rationally.