art by ayush nayak
art by ayush nayak
hi! i'm ayush nayak, and since 2004 i've been doing random
stuff. currently I'm doing math and astrophysics research at
mit, working on a
few projects, and going to new york city too much.
last summer i worked at
xai
and in a past life i was a
yc s24
founder, working on observability, and model behavior.
i live life to collect stories: turning a hackathon into a rave,
dumpster diving scientific equipment to build a lab, living out
of a lifeguard tower for two nights, and (allegedly) stealing
over 20 signs.
i love working on random stuff in the past i
designed and built
bleeding-edge 3-valued
transistors, discovered transit-timing-variable exoplanets, launched ocean
buoys, weather balloons and a chip-sat to the moon.
things you should talk to me about:
surfing, cosmology, cinematography, drones (especially big
ones), rl,
film photography, astronomy, skateboarding, design, vintage cars, electric
guitars,
3d art, and prediction markets.
twt:
@_ayushnayak
insta:
@ayuuuussshh
disc:
@shad0wseven
e-mail:
ayushn@mit.edu
"For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today."
- Bill Watterson