Kautuk | Conscious Engines
@Kautukkundan
Making small models do big things
Kautuk is the founder of Conscious Engines, a startup backed by a16z focused on making small models efficient. He co-organizes MLX India and is a Fellow at lossfunk. His work spans LLM efficiency, speculative decoding, quantization, and previously blockchain infrastructure with Stackr Network.
Expertise
LLM efficiencyspeculative decodingquantizationdiffusion language modelsblockchain rollupsAI safety
Interests
small modelsLLMsblockchainzero-knowledge proofsAI safety
Projects
Founder · Backed by a16z
Builder · App-specific rollups SDK
Liquid Glass
Creator · Introduced at WWDC25
MLX India
Co-organizer · Community for MLX framework enthusiasts
Experience
Conscious Engines · Founder
Backed by a16z
lossfunk · Fellow
MLX India · Co-organizer
Where you might run into them
Hangouts filled during research.