Summary
Manas Sharma is a founding engineer at Defog.ai (YC W23) with a decade of experience building product-focused AI agents and reinforcement learning systems. Prior to joining the startup world in Singapore, he spent several years crafting data-driven visual stories and interactive graphics at Thomson Reuters and The Washington Post, turning satellite feeds, election results and large datasets into compelling narratives. He blends design training from IIT Guwahati with hands-on programming to bridge product, visualization and ML — a mix that surfaces in both prototyping and production. Colleagues would note his uncommon combination of editorial storytelling instincts and technical rigor, enabling him to ship impactful interfaces that make complex data accessible.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
B.Des, Design, B.Des, Design at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati