NVIDIA GenAI credentialed · NCA-GENL StoryBrand Beat #3: Meet the guide

The senior behind the work.

NVIDIA GenAI Credentialed · NCA-GENL Real-time AI. Edge-deployed. Shipped in production.

The senior IC who ships the AI system your team can't.

Origin · Why I went independent

I built my own role because the work I care about — real-time systems, edge-deployed AI, AI that holds up under production load — rarely landed on anyone else's roadmap.

  • Fixed scope, fixed price. No hourly billing. No scope creep.
  • Senior IC only. I deliver every line. No junior hand-offs.
  • Async by default. US, EU, APAC. IST timezone works mornings and evenings.

About me

Swanand Tanavade: senior AI engineer

NVIDIA GenAI Credentialed (NCA-GENL) · MS Information Systems, Northeastern University · Defense research (NSRI, underwater autonomy) · 5+ years building real-time, edge-deployed AI platforms.

I specialize in the unglamorous engineering that makes AI reliable in production: evaluation harnesses, cost controls, observability, guardrails, and failure-mode analysis before customers find them. Lead projects: Abyssal Twin (real-time digital twin on Cloudflare Edge) and KYC Copilot (RAG compliance agent — 93% faster document review). I design AI systems that ship inside real revenue workflows, not just demo screens.

Currently independent. Two fixed-scope engagements per quarter, plus one fractional seat.

By the numbers

52% Token spend cut
6 weeks Avg time to prod
2 / quarter Engagements max
$340K+ Inference avoided

Currently booking · Q3

See how I work with clients →

Real-time platforms, production RAG, agents that hold under live traffic. Fixed scope or fractional.

Engagements

Recognition & credentials

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Track record

  1. 2025–Now

    Independent AI Engineer · Real-time, edge-deployed

    Lead projects: Abyssal Twin (real-time digital twin on Cloudflare Edge — 52% token spend cut), KYC Copilot (RAG compliance agent — 14 min vs 3.5hr manual, 93% time reduction, EU-resident on Fly.io ams). NVIDIA GenAI credentialed (NCA-GENL). Two fixed-scope engagements per quarter, one fractional seat.

  2. 2024

    AI Platform Build · MS at Northeastern

    Built the production-grade AI capabilities I now ship to clients: distributed inference, evaluation harnesses, observability, edge deployment. MS Information Systems at Northeastern, Boston. Defense research collaboration (NSRI / underwater autonomy).

Verifications

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