raviraj kumar

building in stealth · founder · builder

two bets. neatskills - outcome-driven skill learning, live mentors + ai tutor, fraction of bootcamp cost. quantum finance - hybrid qaoa + amplitude-est mc libs for asset managers, ships now, scales w/ hardware.

raviraj@provokedev.in
raviraj.lol
github.com/raviraj016-innovator
x.com/raviraj_builds
linkedin.com/in/an-unknown-person
india

right now

neatskills: cohort 1 closed (39 pilots, 20%+ unprompted referral, 3 universities in pipeline). cohort 2 opening. quantum finance: qaoa allocator + ae-mc landing q3 2026, open lib + paper q4 2026. design-partner slots open.

focus

neatskills

live industry-expert mentors + adaptive resources + ai tutor between sessions. tool-calling agent scoped to learner's module + portfolio: drills, code review, hints. adaptive assessments act as a tiny eval engine: weekly skill-delta on held-out tasks. cohort intimacy w/ ai leverage, fraction of bootcamp price.

quantum finance

hybrid libs - qaoa allocator (combinatorial allocation), amplitude-estimated mc (near-quadratic speedup on tail-risk + pricing), variational kernels (fat-tailed time series). ibm heron 133q, ionq forte, quantinuum h2 56q all-to-all production- ready. adjacent track: llm finance agents evaluated against classical ground truth, private hold-outs, no train-on-test.

experience

feb 2026 - present
head of product · stealth iot wearable
accessibility hardware for visually-impaired users.
mar 2022 - present
founder · provoke developers
umbrella entity for everything i ship - neatskills, quantum finance, freelance. 4+ yrs running.
dec 2025 - mar 2026
software developer · samawritten (freelance)
ios, android, web-app, algorithms.

shipped

  • neurallearn · eazo.ai global hackathon · rank 10 sf regionals · $1k prize · 48h build
  • delta-founder-directory · 104 startups, 2.4k visits in 4 days · shipped over a weekend
  • vaidyah · python health-tooling · in progress

recognition

  • eazo.ai global hackathon · rank 10 sf regionals · $1k prize
  • first to complete founders ashram cohort 1 (program record)
  • iit delhi · top 1000 india (2025)
  • iit (ism) dhanbad · top 10 finalists, aavishkar 2.0 (2022)
  • the residency · delta ii (oct-nov 2025)
  • startup mahakumbh 2025 · silver delegate

stack

benchmark design · leakage-safe eval · agent-level evaluation in regulated domains · qaoa · vqe · amplitude estimation · quantum ml · portfolio optimisation · derivatives pricing + tail-risk simulation · live + adaptive learning systems · edtech 0→1 · python · numpy · qiskit · pennylane · next.js · typescript · react · ios · android · embedded firmware · product 0→1 · founder ops · gtm