Fariz Anjum
from Azamgarh (tier-3 city, India).
Currently an AI Engineer at Varnan.
Previously interned at Dyne Research.
Dropped out of NYU at 18 and completed a Minor in AI/ML from IIT Ropar.
Previously interned at Dyne Research.
Dropped out of NYU at 18 and completed a Minor in AI/ML from IIT Ropar.
I'm mostly self-taught, the kind of person you'll find on a laptop or phone, falling into internet rabbit holes, juggling AI tools, building things, or gaming. Favorite game: Cyberpunk 2077. I'm fascinated by Cyberware, Neuralink-style futures.
What I Do
1. AI Engineering @ Varnan
• Build AI automations, end-to-end pipelines, and apps.
• Work across LangChain, N8n, Make.com, custom LLMs, vector DBs, cloud infra.
• Built a viral meme automation → fresh YT channel hit 25k+ views and 1k+ site visits (example).
• Automated the full video pipeline for Paras Madan.
2. Writing & Newsletter
• Write technical blogs for Varnan.
• Publish a weekly newsletter: The Distribution Layer.
• Books:
• Recent pieces:
3. Design & Growth
• Designing since 8th grade (started with photo manipulation). Inspired by Amlit.
• Built gaming YT channel assets, worked with YouTubers (50k–200k subs).
• Grew Scene Booking's Instagram 0 → 10k during internship.
• Growth wins: Paras Madan 1.1M YT views & 5.6k subs in 20 days; a video that hit 750k+ views; Reddit posts with 250k+ views & 4 leads.
4. Gaming
• Console & PC player across PS1→PS4, PSP. Currently: Assassin's Creed Mirage.
• Completed dozens of story-driven games (Cyberpunk, Stray, Black Myth Wukong, Sekiro 100% achievements except last boss).
• Competitive past: PUBGM Lite tourneys, CODM; GTA mods nostalgia (GTA Punjab with Honey Singh radio 😅).
• Used to mod/"hack" games with Lucky Patcher.
5. Fellowships & Research
• Roote Fellowship (mentors: Rhys Lindmark) → had a chance to talk with Maggie Appleton → learned digital gardening (Here, i am doing of my Own)
• Dyne Research → Legal AI Assistant, RAG, embeddings, LangChain, multilingual models, AWS startup grant.
• Stanford Code in Place (selected from 80k) → AI talk with Andrew Ng & Chelsea Finn.
• Google & IBM Quantum AI Scholarships → studied quantum mechanics, built quantum circuits, toured Google Quantum AI Labs.
6. Volunteering
• Graphic design for Parchhai Foundation (education campaigns).
• Co-ran Deen Dialogue (Islamic content on Instagram).
Projects
1. Fixtral AI-powered Photoshop Assistant. Try Now!
2. Pixelpay Ads Generator Facebook Ads scraper + AI ad creator.
3. Refract AI video editor for Reels/Shorts.
4. Althist Alternate history generator. Try Now!
5. UGC Script → Video UGC script splitter for Veo 3.
6. AI Research Paper Agent Automated research digest.
7. Link-2-text Article → WhatsApp text converter. Try Now!
8. AI News Digest AI news scraper + digest system.
9. ScratchThatNeuro Neural net from scratch (NumPy, ~94.4% MNIST).
Fun Facts & Quirks
• My own LLM once tried to extort me.
• Shortlisted for Senior Graphic Designer at 18, "too young" to hire.
• 396-day Reddit streak; 285-day Duolingo streak (German).
• Speak 4 languages.
• Into photography, perfection-chasing, and custom mobile ROMs & device modding.
• Love exploring cool techs & customization.
• Created short film: Awakening.
• Only person from my district to reach Top-50 global univs.
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