Kanishk Paul

Experience

Research, products, and ambitious technical bets.

The throughline is simple: build systems from first principles, test them under real constraints, and keep moving toward sharper reasoning and more capable agents.

2026

Tau - CPU-Only Symbolic Reasoning System

Solo-authored symbolic abstract visual reasoning system with no neural components, no GPU dependency, and a tiny inference footprint. Independently evaluated at 0.263% on ARC-AGI-3.

2026

Superfly - Post-Transformer Attention Architecture

Engineered an O(n log n) causal replacement for transformer self-attention using Kogge-Stone parallel prefix networks, with correctness verified across sequence lengths from 64 to 512.

Dec 2023 - Feb 2024

OpenMind - Co-Founder

Designed and shipped an AI-native code editor MVP in 21 days, reached 100+ active users in under 8 hours with zero marketing spend, and converted cold outreach into investor access.

Jul 2025 - Oct 2025

Undergraduate Researcher - Humanoid Robotics

Authored and defended a full-scale assistive humanoid robot proposal covering mechanical design, control systems, perception architecture, and 3D modeling.