Forward deployed engineer for AI that ships.
I'm Ananth. I embed with your team, find the work AI should be doing, and ship agents and automations into the systems you already run.
What a forward deployed engineer does
I embed with your team, find the work AI should be doing, and ship it into production. Agents, automations and the apps around them, built inside your real systems and handed over to your team.
Embed
I join your calls and your tools, and watch the work happen. We pick the jobs where AI saves the most time or money.
Build
I ship something real every week: agents and automations wired into your email, CRM, documents and databases, with checks for anything risky.
Hand over
Your team gets the code, the docs and the know-how. You own all of it, and nothing depends on me to keep running.
Selected work
All case studies
Monthly invoices for overseas clients who pay through Razorpay
My first open-source project. It bills my overseas clients on the 1st of every month, emails each one an invoice with the right bank details, and tells me which invoice every transfer pays, so Razorpay can settle it.
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A membership and events platform for a UK medical society
I built the platform the Manchester Perioperative Medicine Society runs on, with membership and online payments, event registration with member pricing, and talks that only members and delegates can open.
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Latest videos
All videosWriting
All posts- 5 min read
What a forward deployed engineer does, and when you need one
A forward deployed engineer works inside your team instead of behind a product. What the role is, how it differs from a consultant or an agency, and when it's the right hire.
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Hello, world: how this site is built
A short tour of the ideas behind ananthpranav.com: a fast static site, posts written as files, and a build that does the busy work.
About me
I'm a forward deployed engineer based in India. I work inside my clients' teams, find the work AI should be doing, and ship it into their real systems. I also build mobile and web apps, and make videos about tech, travel and two wheels.
Right now I'm taking on forward deployed AI projects, and rebuilding this site so it feels like the apps I make.
More about me- Based in
- India, working remotely with teams worldwide
- Time zone
- IST (UTC+5:30)
- Work
- Forward deployed engineering, AI agents and automations, mobile and web apps
- Open to
- AI projects, app builds and brand collaborations
Have work that AI should be doing?
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