Startup

I am open to serious conversations with founders, prospective founders, investors, and deep-tech builders where computation itself is part of the technical advantage.

The best fit is a startup where hardware, machine learning, arithmetic, compilation, digital systems, or code-to-silicon ideas are central to the product, not merely implementation details.

For non-confidential enquiries, please email me with the technical idea, the stage you are at, and the kind of conversation you are looking for.

What I Bring

I can help think through the technical core of a deep-tech company: whether the proposed advantage is real, where the hard constraints lie, what architecture or abstraction might make the idea sharper, and what evidence would make the company more credible.

My own contribution is strongest where first-principles reasoning about computation matters. This can include identifying better representations, arithmetics, architectures, hardware-aware machine learning methods, compilation routes, or proof-of-concept artefacts that change what is technically possible.

Good Fit

A conversation is most likely to be useful if the startup involves one or more of:

  • hardware-aware machine learning
  • accelerators, FPGAs, or custom digital systems
  • arithmetic, precision, approximation, or numerical computation
  • compilation, high-level synthesis, or code-to-hardware translation
  • computational ideas that need a defensible technical moat
  • early architectural decisions that will shape the company for years

How I Can Help

Depending on the context, I may be able to help with:

  • shaping the technical direction of a new system
  • assessing whether a claimed advantage is plausible and defensible
  • identifying the right abstraction, architecture, arithmetic, or experiment
  • reviewing technical evidence for investors, partners, or early hires
  • advising on research strategy, hiring judgment, and technical credibility
  • connecting practical constraints to research ideas in hardware, ML, and computation

Relationship to Consulting

Some startup conversations are best treated as consultancy or technical review. Others may develop into advisory, research collaboration, or deeper founder-level conversations. I am happy to start with a short non-confidential discussion and decide what form, if any, makes sense.