# Vishal Yathish

> Software Engineer @ ▲ Vercel | CS @ UCLA

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/vishalyathish

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Vercel
Jan 2025 – Present
Building conversational AI agents for customer support. 80%+ of customer cases resolved autonomously!

### Software Engineer @ Acceldata
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | California, United States
Built new data source integrations for enterprise Data Observability platform.

### Deep Learning Researcher | Wang ScAi Lab @ UCLA Computer Science
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Studied graph algorithmic, multi-step reasoning with Large Language Models.

### Head Learning Assistant @ UCLA Computer Science
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Head LA for COM SCI 31. Led team of course Learning Assistants, organized weekly resources/workshops for students, etc.

### Learning Assistant @ UCLA Computer Science
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Helped teach COM SCI 31: Intro. to Computer Science I (C++ programming) taught by Professors Howard Stahl (Winter 2024) and David Smallberg (Spring 2024)

### Board Member @ Bruin Entrepreneurs
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024
Alumni Relations and Strategic Engagement (BE Strategy) Initiatives

### Project Coordinator @ Startup Fair LA
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Helped organize outreach and logistics for Startup Fair LA, UCLA's primary startup-focused career fair, with 450+ students attending annually; broke prior years' record student attendance in Jan. 2024

### AI Security Researcher @ ACM Cyber (ACM @ UCLA)
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Worked on fine-tuning LLMs for malware and vulnerability identification in LLVM IR in collaboration with Tian research lab at UCLA

### CTF Team Member/Competitor | Psi Beta Rho @ ACM Cyber (ACM @ UCLA)
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Los Angeles, California, United States
Competed in CTF cybersecurity tournaments as part of PBR, UCLA's official competitive team (among the top 10 best academic CTF teams in the U.S)

### Founder @ On The Rise
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023
Founded podcast where I interview founders/leaders across sectors, incl. co-founders of Zepto (YC W21), Slope (YC S21), investors at YC and Skydeck, & top student innovators


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
UCLA

### Mission San Jose High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vishal-yathish

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Last updated: 2026-04-11