Welcome to Tigers and Lotus

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Hello! I am Viraj Chhajed. I care deeply about empowering humans; I want to help build societies that promote human flourishing and agency. I see technology---especially neurotech and biotech---as one of the most powerful tools we have for doing so.

Most recently, I was an engineering intern at Merge, where I wrote software for device orchestration and high-throughput data handling, and contributed to hardware for thermal control. I graduated from UCLA with a degree in Computer Engineering. Before that, I co-founded a startup in Boston that built infrastructure to scale bioelectricity research and engineered redosable AAVs to combat the neutralizing antibody problem; the company is backed by Founders Fund, Balaji Srinivasan, and more. A more comprehensive list of my past work can be found here.

I resist being defined by any single identity, but generalist, engineer, and problem solver are labels that resonate with me. I enjoy adventure and training my body and nervous system. Much of my free time is spent reading and thinking about cognitive science, philosophy of mind and language, machine learning, evolutionary biology, and mythology.

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“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”