Vashisht Madhavan
AI building coach for founders, engineers and non-technical builders
| Hourly rate range | $70 to $150 an hour |
|---|---|
| Focus areas | Tech careersStartups and founders |
| Works with | Founders and business owners and Engineers |
| Also coaches | Business coach |
| Credentials | M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; B.S., Electrical Engineering |
Vashisht Madhavan coaches people who want to build with AI. Vashisht works with founders, engineers and non-technical builders. Vashisht is a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon, where this coach helped post-train the Nova 2 Pro model. Vashisht also co-founded Humanlike (YC S23), built AI voice agents that automated business phone calls, and led post-training work at Pika behind features like Pikaffects. Vashisht teaches from the model up, so skills last as tools change.
What Vashisht helps with
Vashisht helps clients build real AI products and automations. Vashisht also reviews tech stacks before costly mistakes happen.
- Building LLM apps, chatbots, AI agents and RAG pipelines
- Setting up AI and workflow automations that remove manual work
- Prompt engineering with ChatGPT and Claude
- Using agent coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor
- Fine-tuning and open-source models on Hugging Face
- Pressure-testing stack and architecture before mistakes get costly
- Starting to build from no-code tools
- Breaking into AI careers
Who Vashisht works with
Vashisht works with founders building an AI startup, engineers adding AI to their product, and non-technical builders who are starting from no-code tools. Clients come with something they want to build, and the work aims at shipping it.
How Vashisht works
Vashisht teaches from the model up. Vashisht says this keeps what clients learn useful as tools and models keep changing. Sessions start with what the client wants to build. The work can cover apps, agents, automations, fine-tuning and a review of the client's stack and architecture.
Background and qualifications
Vashisht is a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon. Vashisht works on LLMs for coding and helped post-train the Nova 2 Pro model, using reinforcement learning. Before that, Vashisht was an AI researcher at Pika who led data curation for large-scale pretraining and owned much of the post-training stack. Vashisht co-founded Humanlike (YC S23) and served as CTO. Vashisht was a staff ML engineer at Snorkel AI and a research scientist at Uber AI Labs. Vashisht holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Vashisht Madhavan pricing
Programs and services
- One-on-one coaching on building with AI
- Career coaching for breaking into AI
- Free chat before getting started
Vashisht Madhavan reviews
Vashisht Madhavan has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
The CoachVouch take
Vashisht works on reinforcement learning for code-generation models at Amazon and has also founded a YC-backed AI voice startup.
Best for founders, engineers and beginners who want to build and ship an AI product or move into an AI career.
Common questions
How much does Vashisht Madhavan charge?
Coaching with Vashisht runs $70 to $150 an hour. Message Vashisht from this page for an exact quote.
What does Vashisht Madhavan help with?
Vashisht Madhavan helps with building LLM apps, chatbots, AI agents and RAG pipelines, setting up AI and workflow automations that remove manual work, prompt engineering with ChatGPT and Claude and using agent coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor.
Does Vashisht Madhavan have reviews?
Vashisht Madhavan has a 5.0 out of 5 rating from 1 review on Leland, as of September 2026.
Is Vashisht Madhavan certified?
Vashisht Madhavan lists: M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; B.S., Electrical Engineering.
Does Vashisht work with people who are not technical?
Yes. Vashisht works with non-technical builders who are starting from no-code tools.
Can Vashisht help with a career move into AI?
Yes. Vashisht offers coaching on breaking into AI careers.
How do I contact Vashisht Madhavan?
Send Vashisht a message from this page. It's free and takes a minute.
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