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Hey, I'mManas Taneja

Full-stack developer working on real-time systems, UAV operations dashboards, and LLM tooling.
Founding engineer at Native AI. UAV operations at Prakhar Software Solutions.

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DTU '26•IIT Madras DS
Selected Work

Things I've built
outside the day job

Real-time systems, statistical models, and LLM tooling.

01
Niche Marketplace & SEO

CursorTech

A platform for custom browser cursors. Handled everything from artist licensing to SEO, and gained a newfound respect for Google Search Console.

Next.jsSEOVercel
2K+ impressions40+ assetsOrganic growth
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02
Local-first Voice Assistant

Lar

Fully local wake-word voice assistant with a multi-threaded, queue-based architecture. Local ASR via whisper.cpp, Gemma 4 (e2b) running on Ollama for reasoning, and a fastpath layer that bypasses the LLM for common commands like time, weather, and media control.

Pythonwhisper.cppPorcupineOllamaGemmaVAD
Fully localWake-word activationFastpath bypass
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03
Indian Law as Structured Data

lex-india

Indian law turned into structured data, built for LLM agents. Includes an MCP server and a daily CI pipeline that scrapes official sources and regenerates content via the Claude API.

PythonMCPClaude APIGitHub Actions
87 topic pages15 categoriesDaily auto-update
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04
Mission-Critical GIS

UAV ops Platform

UI + integration layer for a UAV ops command center: live maps, telemetry, and video streams unified in one interface.

ReactLeafletHLS.jsAPI IntegrationElectron
<5s latencyTelemetry APIsProduction use
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05
Statistical Modeling

Cost Forecasting

Turned messy stage-wise RA billing into a usable dataset, flagged reconciliation issues, and built an early-stage cost forecast so overruns show up before the final bill.

PythonLinear RegressionPareto Analysis
96.7% accuracyForecast after 3 bills7 vital drivers
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Career & Education

Where I've been
and what I've learned

Work Experience

Current

Engineer, Founding Team

Native AI • Palo Alto, CA · Hybrid

Jan 2026 – Present
  • Building the core product end-to-end: a Business Logic Model platform that ingests business data, builds a knowledge graph, and surfaces insights through a chat interface.
  • ~1,700 commits in 5 months. Architected the full stack (Next.js, Supabase, Gemini) on GCP with Cloud Build CI/CD.
  • Built the real-time ingestion pipeline, RAG retrieval system, and deterministic LLM tool-calling framework from scratch.
  • Selected for YC Startup School India 2026 (~8% acceptance rate, 25,000+ applicants). Part of Google for Startups Cloud Program.
Next.jsSupabaseGeminiGCPKnowledge GraphsRAG

Software Developer (Drone-Tech)

Prakhar Software Solutions • New Delhi · Hybrid

Jun 2025 – Present
  • Developed a UAV operational planning aid accepted for military deployment, achieving ~90% accuracy on acceptance testing.
  • Engineered a GIS Command & Control dashboard (React + Leaflet) with live GPS tracking <5s latency and multi-stream RTSP/HLS video feeds.
  • Built a full-stack inventory and asset management system (FastAPI + Next.js), reducing manual tracking time by 40% for 50+ pilots, engineers, and managers.
  • Flashed firmware across 4 GCS platforms when software hit hardware limits.
ReactLeafletElectronHLS.jsMAVLinkFastAPI

Past

Research Assistant (AI)

DigitUp Solutions • Remote

Apr 2025 – May 2025
  • Researched Agentic AI frameworks to help design multi-agent orchestration systems.
  • Automated social listening pipeline with Playwright, saving ~12 hours/month of manual research.
  • Synthesized technical benchmarks into reports that shaped product strategy.
PythonPlaywrightAgentic AILLM Eval

Education

B.Tech in Electrical Engineering

Delhi Technological University

Bawana, New Delhi

Expected May 2026

Diploma in Data Science

Indian Institute of Technology

Madras, Tamil Nadu

Expected May 2026
Technical Arsenal

What I work on
and what I use

Focus areas and the tools behind them.

Focus areas

Real-Time Systems
Agentic AI
Knowledge Graphs
RAG Pipelines
Cloud Deployment

Tools I use

Languages & Frameworks

PythonTypeScriptReact/Next.jsFastAPISQL

Tools & Platforms

GitSupabaseGCPCloud BuildPlaywrightLeafletMCP

Technologies

RAGKnowledge GraphsLLM APIsAPI IntegrationASR/TTSRTSP/HLS
Get In Touch

Let's connect
and build something

Hiring, collaborating, or want to talk UAVs, real-time systems, or LLM tooling? Reach out.

Manas Taneja is a full-stack developer based in New Delhi, India, graduating from Delhi Technological University in 2026 with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and a Data Science diploma from IIT Madras. He has built production UAV operations dashboards, a knowledge-graph-backed real-time chat system, and a fully local voice assistant. Open to full-time roles in software engineering, AI systems, and real-time applications.

LocationNew Delhi, India
Emailmanastanejaa@gmail.com
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Beyond Code

Community / volunteering

Desh Ke Mentor (mentor)Girl Up Nesrin (UN Foundation volunteer)People for Animals (advocacy)

Music

Guitar + keyboardSometimes vocals

Training

Gym most days

Off-screen

Badminton anytimeMidtown Madness is my forever game