Engineering Leader · AI Builder · Founder

Amit

Gupta

25+ years in engineering leadership. Director of AI & Technology at TIU Consulting. Founder of TrunexAI Ventures & CricAI. Writing and building at the intersection of AI and human performance.

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25+
Years in Engineering
7M+
Production Hosts Managed
22
Engineers Led
$80M
Budget Managed
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01 About

AI-Native.
Not AI-Adjacent.

I believe we are living through the most consequential shift in how humans work — and most organizations are still treating AI as a feature, not a foundation. My work is rooted in a single conviction: the companies and leaders who will win the next decade are those who rebuild their thinking, their teams, and their products as AI-Native from the ground up.

With 25+ years in engineering leadership — from Lucent to Amazon AWS to founding my own AI ventures — I've seen every wave of technology transformation. The AI wave is different. It doesn't just change the tools; it changes what "performance", "productivity", and "value" even mean. I write and speak about this inflection point: how to measure humans in an AI-augmented world, how to lead teams that treat AI as a collaborator, and how to build products that are genuinely intelligent.

From rethinking performance management metrics (token consumption vs. outcome quality) to building AI-first products like CricAI and TrunexAI Ventures, my focus is always the same: close the gap between AI's potential and how organizations actually deploy it.

AI-Native StrategyGenerative AIAI Product DevelopmentThought LeadershipEngineering at ScaleAI Performance FrameworksHuman-AI CollaborationCloud Native (AWS)
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AI-First, Not AI-Added
The biggest mistake organizations make is bolting AI onto existing workflows. True AI-Native means redesigning processes, teams, and metrics from first principles with AI as the foundation.
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Measure Distance, Not Fuel
Token consumption is not performance. The right question is never how much AI a person uses — it's what they actually delivered with it. Outcome quality over input volume, always.
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Human-AI Partnership
AI is a collaborator, not a replacement. The leaders who thrive will be those who learn to delegate to AI effectively, verify its outputs critically, and apply human judgment where it matters most.
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Build, Don't Just Advise
Thought leadership without execution is just commentary. Every idea I write about, I'm also building — CricAI, TrunexAI, AI Voice Agents — real products that prove the thesis.
02 Experience

Career Timeline

  • Set the technology vision and roadmap — choosing web/mobile stacks, cloud and tooling standards, and security/compliance guardrails, with a 12–24 month plan balancing innovation with budget and talent constraints
  • Own solution delivery end-to-end — leading architects and engineers across concurrent web and mobile projects, reviewing designs, enforcing quality/SLA metrics, and ensuring every client engagement ships on time and to spec
  • Translate technology into business value — joining sales calls and discovery workshops, scoping proposals, mentoring senior developers into client-facing tech leads, and managing the P&L of the engineering practice
Technology VisionClient DeliveryP&L Ownership
Nagpur University
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Technology
1995 – 1999 · College Rank Holder
03 Products

What I'm Building

AI-powered products at the intersection of technology and real-world impact.

Sports AI
🏏

CricAI Analysis

Open

AI-powered cricket analysis platform for budding cricketers. Upload batting, bowling, or wicketkeeping videos and receive personalized, pro-level biomechanical feedback powered by Generative AI.

GenAI
Powered
3
Disciplines
Pro
Level Feedback
Generative AIComputer VisionSports Tech
AI Platform
🤖

TrunexAI Ventures

Open

Next-generation AI solutions company. Products include CricAI for sports analysis, AI Resume Processor for deep-learning-powered hiring, and AI Voice Agents for intelligent customer support.

4+
AI Products
SaaS
Platform
24/7
AI Agents
AI PlatformSaaSEnterprise AI
HR Tech
📄

AI Resume Processor

Open

Deep-learning engine that automatically parses, ranks, and summarizes thousands of resumes to find the perfect candidate match in seconds. Streamline your hiring pipeline.

95%
Match Accuracy
Zero
Bias
60%
Faster Hiring
Deep LearningHR TechNLP
Voice AI
🎙️

AI Voice Agents

Open

Intelligent conversational agents capable of understanding context, handling natural language inquiries, managing scheduling, and bookings. 24/7 intelligent call handling.

24/7
Availability
NLU
Powered
Auto
Scheduling
Conversational AIComing SoonVoice Tech
04 Writing

Thoughts & Analysis

Data-backed perspectives on AI, Big Tech strategy, and the future of engineering leadership.

AI Engineering✦ NewFeatured

Adversarial LLM Review in Practice

How /codex:adversarial-review Gated a LegacySystem → EvictSure Migration

What happens when you put two LLMs from competing vendors — Claude and OpenAI Codex — in the same terminal, reviewing the same files, with one building and the other critiquing? This article documents how a two-LLM adversarial review loop (Claude Code + /codex plugin) enforced a five-gate migration contract for EvictSure, catching critical legal-data risks — including a false 'safe-to-migrate' spec claim — before a single record was moved to production.

7 min readMay 6, 2026
AI Infrastructure✦ NewFeatured

The AI Stack as the New OSI Model

Where the Trillions Are Flowing — And Where They Aren't

The AI industry is coalescing into a 7-layer stack that mirrors the OSI model with striking precision. From Energy (L1) to Applications (L7), tracking where $700B+ in hyperscaler capex is flowing reveals a profitability paradox — and a bold prediction for who captures the ultimate value in 2026–2036.

6 min readMar 27, 2026
Performance Management✦ NewFeatured

Fuel Burned, Distance Traveled — Unknown

Rethinking Performance Management in an AI-Native World

Jensen Huang says he'd be 'deeply alarmed' if a $500K engineer didn't burn $250K in tokens. But does token consumption actually measure performance? A data-backed analysis of the AI measurement trap, the workload paradox, and what a new performance contract should look like.

8 min readMar 23, 2026
AI Strategy

Trading HC with Compute

FAANG AI Strategy Analysis

An in-depth analysis of how leading FAANG companies are strategically trading human capital (HC) headcount for AI compute resources — reshaping the future of engineering organizations.

5 min readFeb 2025
05 Videos

Watch & Learn

Product demos, AI tutorials, and thought leadership on video.

YouTube Channel
Live Demo✦ New

EvictSure — PROD Demo

A full walkthrough of EvictSure in production — the AI-powered eviction case management platform built for property managers and legal teams, live in a real tenant environment.

Watch on YouTube
AI Productivity

Using AI Agents in Your Day-to-Day Work Life

A practical walkthrough of how AI agents can be integrated into daily workflows to boost productivity and automate repetitive tasks.

Watch on YouTube
Product Demo

EvictSure 2.0 — UI Enhancements

A demo of the latest UI improvements to EvictSure 2.0, the AI-powered eviction management platform built for property managers.

Watch on YouTube
Product

CricAI — Marketing Video

An overview of CricAI, the AI-powered cricket analysis and coaching platform that brings data intelligence to the game.

Watch on YouTube
06 Recognition

Awards & Community

Amazon Bar Raiser in Training

Conducted ~150 interviews while being trained as a Bar Raiser at Amazon

Certified Bullet Proof Manager

Crestcom, India — part of the Train the Trainers program

BigBrotherBigSister Volunteer

Active volunteer in the Seattle community

Amazon Spheres Host

Volunteer host for refugee students visiting Amazon HQ Seattle

07 Contact

Let's Connect

Whether you're interested in AI products, engineering leadership, or just want to exchange ideas — I'd love to hear from you.