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Engineering strength.
AI-native product development.

A capability dossier on the engineers, architects, and builders behind AI Linc's technology product practice — leadership, bench, and the operating standard that anchors every product we ship.

2
Principals at the helm
50+
Companies invested in
8+
Years at Microsoft
200+
Speaking engagements
Sandeep Volam

Sandeep Volam

Chairman · Strategy & Corporate Relations

Chairs the AI Linc board and owns the company's strategic direction — enterprise partnerships, client relationships, governance, and long-term growth. A Harvard graduate with twenty-plus years of operating and investing experience, Sandeep has backed and built fifty-plus companies across technology and emerging industries.

50+
Companies invested in
20+
Years operating & investing
Harvard
University graduate
InvestorBoard ChairHarvard AlumCorporate Strategy

"Strategy is the work of choosing what not to do — and being the right partner to the institutions that matter."

Shubham Lal

Shubham Lal

Founder · CEO

Eight-plus years at Microsoft across enterprise cloud, AI, and developer-tooling teams. Personally owns architecture review, technical hiring bar, and engineering-quality sign-off on every product AI Linc ships. Deep technical fluency across LLM architectures, MLOps, RAG, computer vision, AI security, Azure and multi-cloud, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted developer workflows.

8+
Years at Microsoft
32
Tech disciplines covered
200+
Speaking events · TEDx · JOSH Talks
Ex-MicrosoftTEDx SpeakerAI & Cloud ArchitectJOSH Talks

"Build the way industry actually builds — not the way textbooks describe it."

Three layers of engineering.

Beneath the principals, three execution layers govern engineering quality and delivery. Each layer is staffed by senior practitioners — active builders, not delivery middlemen.

I

Architecture Review Board

Senior architects from AI/ML, cloud, and security who own technical validation. Every new project goes through a two-stage system-design and security review before any code ships. No exceptions, no shortcuts.

II

Engineering Quality Council

Active builders who run our technical-vetting process — system design, code review, and a paid pilot project — for every new engineer joining the bench. Full authority to reject.

III

Delivery Operations

Engineering managers and program leads who own shipping cadence, code-review SLAs, deployment quality, and client communication on every engagement — fixed-bid, dedicated team, or staff augmentation.

Sourced from the top of the stack.

Every engineer on the bench is an active or recently-active builder shipping production code. No staff-aug intermediaries.

MAANG
Meta · Apple · Amazon · Netflix · Google
ML Engineers · SDE-II/III · Cloud Architects · Data Engineers · Security Engineers
5–12 yrs
Microsoft
Azure · M365 · Copilot · DevDiv
AI Researchers · Cloud Solutions Architects · Principal Engineers · Platform Engineers
6–15 yrs
Top Product Startups
Razorpay · Zerodha · CRED · Swiggy · Flipkart
Tech Leads · Senior SDEs · ML Engineers · Founding Engineers
4–10 yrs
Tier-1 Enterprises
Infosys · TCS · Wipro · Accenture · Deloitte
Solution Architects · Domain Specialists · Practice Leads
8–18 yrs
AI-Native Labs
Frontier model & applied-AI shops
GenAI Engineers · MLOps Specialists · LLM Researchers · Applied Scientists
3–9 yrs

Nine AI sub-disciplines.

Our AI engineering team is decomposed into nine specialist tracks — each populated by builders who do that work in production.

i.
Generative AI & LLMs

Frontier models, multi-modal, agent architectures.

ii.
MLOps & LLMOps

Model registries, A/B, drift detection, RAG observability.

iii.
RAG & Knowledge Systems

Chunking, embeddings, re-ranking, hybrid retrieval.

iv.
Classical ML & Data Science

BFSI risk, recommenders, forecasting, customer analytics.

v.
Computer Vision & Multi-Modal

Manufacturing QA, medical imaging, document AI, VLMs.

vi.
AI Security & Governance

Adversarial robustness, secure RAG, LLM red teaming, NIST AI RMF.

vii.
Applied AI for Business

Workflow automation, copilots, decision-support systems.

viii.
AI-Assisted Engineering

Copilot-style, Cursor-style, agentic coding at production scale.

ix.
Edge AI & On-Device

Quantization, pruning, ONNX, TensorRT, industrial AI.

Four ways to build with us.

Same vetted bench, optimised for different product shapes, risk profiles, and timelines. Squads confirmed in 5–10 days.

I

Fixed-Bid Project

Defined scope, fixed price, fixed timeline. RAG platforms, custom LLM integrations, AI copilots, MVPs.

8–16 weeks
II

Dedicated Squad

A full-time engineering pod — tech lead + senior engineers + specialist (ML / security / DevOps), embedded with the client team.

6–18 months
III

Staff Augmentation

Senior ICs deployed alongside client teams to fill specific capability gaps — AI architects, MLOps leads, security engineers.

Weeks to months
IV

Discovery & Architecture Sprint

Bounded engagement to scope an AI product, validate feasibility, and produce a buildable architecture, prototype, and cost model.

2–4 weeks
5–10 days to assemble squadAI-first engineering biasMAANG+ pedigree barGlobal client coverage
MEET OUR TEAM & PROMOTERS

The people shaping AI Linc
across learning, partnerships, and community

Meet the leaders, instructors, and promoters who bring MAANG experience, program excellence, and global partnerships to every learner journey.

Our trainers work at:

Why Choose Our Elite Training Team

Global MAANG Expertise

Our trainers are certified professionals from leading tech giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Oracle with 8-15 years of Fortune 500 experience. 90% hold multiple international certifications (AWS, Azure, Salesforce, AI/ML).

Personalized & Global

Experience hands-on guidance, real-time doubt solving, and career mentoring from tutors across India, US, UK, and Middle East. Our placement-oriented approach ensures content directly matches industry job requirements.

Leaders and promoters steering AI Linc globally

Visionary Leadership

Sandeep Volam

Sandeep Volam

Chairman and Managing Director AI Linc Technologies Pvt Ltd
AIAI Linc

Financial Analysis | Supply Chain Management | Investment Analysis | Finance Portfolio Management

  • Financial analysis & supply chain management
  • Trading Sector analyst
  • Legal firm (United States) - 2 years
  • Agri company Manager New Business (India) - 4 years
  • MBA Finance & Marketing - NYIT, New York, USA
  • Masters in International Business Trade - Harvard University
  • Director at 11 companies (2009-2023)
Strategic LeadLinkedIn
Shubham Lal

Shubham Lal

Developer at Microsoft | Founder AILinc
Hyderabad, India
MicrosoftAIAI Linc

Full Stack | Data Science | AI | Dev-Ops

  • Aided 80+ Ed-Techs in growth
  • Speaker 800+ events, TEDx
  • Mentor/Trainer to 50,000+
  • Keynote speaker at 20+ events
  • 8+ years industry experience
  • Full-stack development, Data Science, Dev-Ops, AI
  • Public speaking & mentorship expertise
Strategic LeadLinkedIn
Guntuka Sekhar Reddy

Guntuka Sekhar Reddy

Director of Business Development and Franchise Operations
AIAI Linc

Business Development | Franchise Operations | Strategic Expansion

  • 26+ years diverse business experience
  • Logistics, Agro Products, Real Estate, IT Solutions
  • Creating Franchise Structure
  • Expanding Business International and PAN India
  • Logistics Business Development & Operations - 10 years (Venkateshwara Goods Carriers)
  • Agro Products & Real Estate - 9 years (Avani Bioventures)
  • IT Solutions, Franchising & Social Media - 7 years
Strategic LeadLinkedIn
Senior advisors
Nomaan Abdul Majeed

Nomaan Abdul Majeed

CMO International

Guides international outreach, enterprise partnerships, and executive relationships.

Strategic LeadLinkedIn
Gaddam Mallesham

Gaddam Mallesham

Senior Government Official

Guides international outreach, enterprise partnerships, and executive relationships.

Strategic LeadLinkedIn
Dr. Srinivas Kaveti

Dr. Srinivas Kaveti

International Lawyer

Guides international outreach, enterprise partnerships, and executive relationships.

Strategic LeadLinkedIn
Ganesh Rayala

Ganesh Rayala

Tech Entrepreneur

Guides international outreach, enterprise partnerships, and executive relationships.

Strategic LeadLinkedIn
Meet our core members

Hands-on leaders mentoring every cohort

Industry practitioners from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon who design and deliver our flagship experiences.

Yamini Bandi

Yamini Bandi

SDE-2 & ML Engineer
5 years YOE
Hyderabad, India

ML Engineer

Developed ML models handling 1B+ daily predictions at Amazon

★ 4.8 · 980+ menteesLinkedIn
Divyansh Dubey

Divyansh Dubey

Gen AI Expert
7 years YOE
Bengaluru, India

Prompt & GenAI Expert

Created viral GenAI applications with 5M+ users at Google

★ 4.7 · 850+ menteesLinkedIn
Abirami Sukumari

Abirami Sukumari

Staff Developer Advocate
20 years YOE
Bengaluru, India

Cloud AI and Databases

22 years of experience with Fortune 500 companies

★ 4.9 · 5000+ menteesLinkedIn
Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni

Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni

Data & AI Transformation Leader
25+ years YOE

Data & AI Educator

Fortune 500 experience with practical, hands-on training approach

Team MemberLinkedIn
Anuj Garg

Anuj Garg

Engineering Manager
10+ years YOE

Full Stack & Cloud Architect

Gartner · Ex-Adobe, IBM, Allstate

Team MemberLinkedIn
Rajesh Talreja

Rajesh Talreja

Product Development Lead
13+ years YOE

Java & Microservices Expert

End-to-end product development expertise

Team MemberLinkedIn
Raghav Nakra

Raghav Nakra

Software Engineer
3+ years YOE
Delhi, India

Full Stack Development & DSA

Software Engineer at Microsoft ACM ICPC Regionalist · Topcoder Member Mentored 200+ students in DSA & Competitive Programming IIIT Delhi graduate (B.Tech Computer Science)

Core mentorLinkedIn
Mahesh Yerra

Mahesh Yerra

Senior Software Engineer
5+ years YOE
Visakhapatnam, India

Backend Engineering & Full Stack Development

Senior Software Engineer at Teradata Ex-Amazon SDE (3+ yrs, Bengaluru) NIT Calicut graduate · B.Tech Computer Science

Core mentorLinkedIn
Shivam Jindal

Shivam Jindal

Software Engineer
4+ years YOE
Gurugram, India

Software Engineering & Career Coaching

Software Engineer at Airbnb (Dec 2024–present) Top 5% Mentor on Topmate Mentor at PrepInsta

Core mentorLinkedIn
Ananth Kumar Vasamsetti

Ananth Kumar Vasamsetti

Senior Member of Technical Staff
10+ years YOE
Hyderabad, India

Full Stack & Production Engineering

SMTS at Salesforce (Marketing Cloud R&D) Ex-Deliveroo Software Engineer II Ex-Microsoft, Ex-ServiceNow, Ex-eBay MVGR College of Engineering graduate

Core mentorLinkedIn
Rahul Mohan

Rahul Mohan

Senior Software Engineer
6+ years YOE
Bengaluru, India

Software Engineering & Cloud

Senior Software Engineer at Egnyte (Oct 2024–present) Ex-Exotel SDE-II (2 yrs 5 mos) Ex-Salesforce, Ex-HealthifyMe, Ex-Virtusa NIT Puducherry graduate

Core mentorLinkedIn
Sourov Roy

Sourov Roy

Senior Member of Technical Staff
6+ years YOE
Hyderabad, India

Distributed Systems & Software Engineering

SMTS at Salesforce (Dec 2025–present) Ex-Amazon Software Engineer (4+ yrs, Jul 2020–Aug 2024) Ex-Deliveroo Software Engineer II Jadavpur University graduate

Core mentorLinkedIn
Shreyansh Sinha

Shreyansh Sinha

Software Engineer 2
4+ years YOE
Hyderabad, India

Software Development & DSA

SWE 2 at Microsoft Ex-Siemens Healthineers, Ex-JP Morgan Chase NIT Calicut graduate HackerRank Certified in Problem Solving

Core mentorLinkedIn
Vivek Ananth

Vivek Ananth

Cloud Data & AI Engineer
4+ years YOE
Hyderabad, India

Data Science & AI Engineering

Cloud Data & AI Engineer at CloudIBL Technologies Google AI & Microsoft Certified · Magna M Scholar Data Scientist at Conversant (2+ yrs) Mentor at Upscalar

Core mentorLinkedIn
Shahar Banu

Shahar Banu

Senior DevOps Specialist
17+ years YOE
Hyderabad, India

Cloud, DevOps & AWS

Senior DevOps Specialist at Equisoft (May 2023–present) Ex-AWS DevOps Engineer & Keynote Speaker (6 yrs) AWS Certified · 5G Evangelist · D&I Advocate CSIR College of Engineering graduate

Core mentorLinkedIn
Ajeya B Jois

Ajeya B Jois

Senior ML Scientist
7 years YOE
Bengaluru, India

Machine Learning & GenAI

Senior ML Scientist at PayPal · XGBoost Fraud Detection Ex-Oracle Data Scientist 3 (2 yrs 9 mos) Ex-Qualcomm Data Scientist (3+ yrs) BITS Pilani graduate

Core mentorLinkedIn
Yash Mittal

Yash Mittal

Senior Consultant
5+ years YOE
India

Mobile & AI-First Development

Senior Consultant at Thoughtworks (Jul 2025–present) AI-First Developer with LLMs, Flutter & React Open Source Contributor Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham graduate

Core mentorLinkedIn