Rishikesh Yadav

Founder & AI Engineer

About

Building production AI systems that solve real business problems.

I'm pursuing a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics at Caldwell University (Spring 2026, GPA 3.93). My focus is agent workflows, retrieval systems with grounded citations, and reliable backend infrastructure for production.

Caldwell, NJryadav@caldwell.edurishikeshyadav.me
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Founder · ComplyAI

Oct 2025 - Present

Caldwell, NJ

  • Built an agentic compliance copilot that turns AML/sanctions alerts into examiner-ready case files with grounded evidence citations.
  • Engaged mid-sized banks across NJ/NY for 90-day pilots with a commercial pipeline targeting $50K-$70K per bank annually.
  • Partnered with BSA/AML officers and ACAMS NJ Chapter members to define evidence standards and success metrics.

Founder & CTO · NexBrick

Jan 2024 - May 2025

Caldwell, NJ

  • Worked with homeowners and agents to identify high-value workflows and shipped a paid subscription product.
  • Selected for LAUNCH Founder University and raised $25K pre-seed with 50+ paid homeowner subscriptions and 10+ annual agent subscriptions.
  • Productionized an API-first backend with analytics pipelines and improved report relevance through usage-driven iteration.

AI Engineer · Tapdrop

Aug 2022 - Feb 2024

Dublin, TX

  • Deployed RL-based NPC behavior and difficulty scaling with p95 inference latency <= 12ms while maintaining 60 FPS.
  • Reduced model size from 120MB to 45MB (-62%), improved load time by ~30%, and cut runtime memory usage by ~25%.
  • Built an evaluation harness for NPC quality and reduced unfair-difficulty incidents by ~35%.

AI/ML Researcher · CogAI Lab & STEM Advance Program, Caldwell University

May 2023 - Aug 2023

Caldwell, NJ

  • Implemented 10+ CNN image detection models in Python/TensorFlow/Keras and improved non-backprop performance to 98% accuracy.
  • Built an activation-based filter update/pruning workflow and improved CNN accuracy by 5.67% while reducing training time by ~30.5 seconds.

Software Engineering Intern · Caldwell University

Jan 2023 - May 2023

Caldwell, NJ

  • Shipped backend features for a production web platform with API-first services and technical documentation.
  • Implemented 20+ automated test cases across unit, integration, and e2e suites.
  • Delivered a responsive database management web app used by 8,000+ users with Firebase-backed REST APIs.