# Hey, I'm Yatharth ๐
**Infrastructure Engineer at [Fal](https://fal.ai)** ยท Building the fastest inference platform for generative AI
CS Graduate from **IIT Indore** (9.16 CPI) ยท Previously ML Research at Segmind
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## What I'm Working On
- ๐ฅ๏ธ **GPU Fleet Management**; Owning Fal Compute and managing infrastructure at scale
- ๐ **[App Files](https://docs.fal.ai/serverless/development/app-files)**; Built the file system feature for Fal's serverless platform
- ๐ง **ML Infrastructure**; Deployed 30+ models, optimized inference pipelines
## Opensource Work
| Project | Impact |
|---------|--------|
| **[SSD-1B](https://huggingface.co/segmind/SSD-1B)** | Distilled SDXL to 50% size with better quality ยท **2M+ downloads** |
| **[SegMoE](https://huggingface.co/blog/segmoe)** | Mixture-of-Experts for diffusion models without training |
| **[Distill SD](https://huggingface.co/blog/sd_distillation)** | Shrunk SD 1.5 to half size while improving quality |
## Past Highlights
- ๐ **Inter IIT Tech Meet**; Contingent Leader for IIT Indore, managed 90+ people across 15 problem statements, 4 podium finishes
- ๐ค **President of Cynaptics**; Led IIT Indore's ML club, organized workshops, built the community
- ๐ **Published Research**; RL-based control systems at SAE Conference
- ๐ค **PyTorch Conference SF 2025**; Represented Fal
## Tech Stack
**ML/AI**
PyTorch ยท TensorFlow ยท Diffusers ยท Transformers ยท CUDA ยท Triton
**Infrastructure**
Kubernetes ยท Terraform ยท AWS ยท GCP ยท Docker ยท ArgoCD
**Development**
Python ยท TypeScript ยท FastAPI ยท React ยท Next.js ยท PostgreSQL
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yatharth.ai ยท Building at the intersection of AI and infrastructure