Published Work
Research
Argues hallucination is epistemological, not engineering. Proposes a Pramana-based AI architecture from Advaita Vedantic and Nyaya epistemology — six irreducible knowledge pathways, each with explicit validity conditions.
For AI Agents
Machine Interface
This site speaks MCP. Agents connect directly — query my portfolio, traverse the knowledge graph, or ask anything. Programmatically.
Streamable HTTP
Building Now
In Public
An open schema for encoding the operating rules AI agents read and obey at runtime. KERN spec v0.1 published under Apache 2.0; the reference implementation is in build.
AI citation verification for practising lawyers. A six-pramana reasoning engine that ships verdicts with evidence, not vibes. Wave 1 shipping to small firms now.
A published skill that teaches AI coding assistants to think in UI/UX principles. 12 principles, 13 reference docs.
This site and an MCP server at mcp.narenkatakam.com — Astro, Cloudflare Workers, Vectorize RAG. Queryable by any AI agent as easily as a human reader.
Case Studies
2018 – 2024
2024
Most recent project (2024). Developer platforms are products too. Built a 9-layer AI-native platform where agents handle code reviews, security scans, and compliance — so engineers ship faster without sacrificing quality.
Insurance
0→1
2022
Data problems are culture problems. Created the Data Trinity framework — availability, accessibility, literacy — to move a manufacturing giant from siloed spreadsheets to data-driven decisions.
Manufacturing
1→n
2021
Pitched a digital twin to compress drug discovery timelines using ML-driven cohort simulation. The vision landed but the project did not get funded. Data governance killed the funding. The ambition was right — the organization wasn't ready.
Pharmaceutical
0→1
2019
What if government worked like an API? Connected siloed agencies through AI agents and conversational interfaces — years before 'agentic' became a buzzword. Then COVID hit, and we pivoted overnight.
Government
0→1, 1→n, n→∞
2019
An airline becoming a super-app had millions of users but zero personalization data. Designed a 3-layer recommendation engine — from basic rules to reinforcement learning — solving the cold-start problem.
Aviation
n→∞
2018
Airlines were losing aircraft to preventable hard landings. Built a data platform combining real-time analytics, predictive maintenance, and an AI chatbot — turning scattered flight data into actionable intelligence.
Aviation
0→1, 1→n, n→∞
2018
Banks were losing to tech giants who understood their customers better. Designed an 'invisible bank' — one that lives inside daily routines, analyzing spending in real-time, anticipating needs before you feel them.
Banking
1→n, n→∞
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