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Saurabh Nandwana

Saurabh Nandwana

0 → 1 Engineer · Local AI & Video Infra

Status: Building in publicUdaipur · Bangkok · SE Asia

Hey there! I’m Saurabh. I’m an early-stage startup engineer and builder with a deep interest in applied machine learning, client-side WebGPU acceleration, and high-scale browser video platforms.

The Backstory & Path

I grew up in a small town in Rajasthan, raised by my single mom and elder sister. In 11th grade, I fell in love with C++ programming and decided to make software my life's craft.

After IIT-JEE prep in Kota and landing at BIT Bangalore for telecommunications, I realized traditional rote coursework was disconnected from the fast-evolving startup ecosystem. I took a leap, dropped out of engineering, and joined Signzy at the seed stage.

At Signzy, I worked directly with the founders building digital KYC engines and real-time computer vision document extraction. Later, I joined Vectorly — an MIT Sandbox startup developing client-side neural video upscaling in WASM and WebGL. Vectorly was acqui-hired by Hopin during the height of the virtual events boom.

At Hopin and StreamYard, I worked across applied ML, LLM-based smart clip detection, and WebRTC/WebCodecs broadcast infrastructure handling millions of live streams.

What I'm Building Now

  • Katana (katana.video): Hardware-accelerated browser video super-resolution running locally via WebGPU compute shaders and WebCodecs.
  • MotionVector: Programmatic creative motion tools, video generation pipelines, and web 3D engines.
  • Lookaround (lookaround.space): Navigable 3D WebGL / Gaussian splat environments running without installation in browsers.
  • Launchy (launchy.video): Automated product launch video generation.

Digital Nomad Life

I spend part of each year nomading across South East Asia — living out of Bangkok, Da Nang, Koh Phangan, and my hometown of Udaipur.

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Digital Nomading in SEA
Digital nomading in SEA for a year[Bangkok & SE Asia]
FRAME 02Sanctuary
Koh Phangan & Bangkok Coworking
Fav Indian restaurant in Koh Phangan & Airbnb coworking in BKK[Thailand]
FRAME 037 Countries
7 Countries 7 Months
7 countries, 7 months of nomading, countless memories — wild 2023[Global / SE Asia]
FRAME 04Hacking
COVID Lockdown Code
COVID lockdown — hacking SVG video player & custom video codec[Deep Work]
FRAME 05Roots
Hometown with Family
Hometown with family, learning non-tech chops of the game[Rajasthan, IN]
FRAME 06Slow Life
Slow Life Era
The luxurious POV of witnessing sunrise & sunset in slow life era 🕊️[On the road]
FRAME 07Vectorly
Vectorly Team Trip
Weekend trips with team to Hampi & Coorg with Sam visiting[Karnataka]
FRAME 08Signzy
Engineer #1 at Signzy
Engineer #1 at Signzy, early days — failed, learnt, enjoyed[Bangalore, IN]
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Signzy Post-Funding Goa
Signzy first ever post-funding Goa offsite[Goa, IN]
FRAME 010Roots
First PC in Rajasthan
Mumma bought me a Pentium Dual Core PC after 10th, coded in C++[Rajasthan]
FRAME 011Music
Les Paul Guitar
Nothing is going right… so I bought myself a Les Paul[Bangalore]
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Goodbye Puddles
Goodbye puddles 🦆[Reflections]

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