SHIKHAR SEHGAL

Mumbai • Hong Kong • Chicago

Builder@UChicago. I love solving problems.

Currently building my own company in stealth, making hardware, DJing and making music, investing, playing a ton of sports, and using my 86400 seconds.

When I'm not coding, you'll find me at poker tables, math competitions, or working on cool stuff (imo).

ABOUT

Currently

🎓 CS + Stats @ University of Chicago

🚀 Building a fintech startup

🧬 Cancer research at Park Lab, UChicago

💼 VC work at EdgeCase Capital & Dark Arts VC

🔬 AI research on private market analysis

🔧 Hardware projects and materials research

Highlights

2nd place out of 4000+ at SIG Poker Tournament
3rd @ Indian Young Physicists Tournament
Multiple math olympiad medals (HKIMO, UKMT)
Research accepted to SIAM, Wolfram Tech Conference

What I'm Into

Fintech
Trading
Hardware
Music Production
Poker
Materials

ACTIVE PROJECTS

What I'm building and leading right now

🚀TASS Inc - Fintech startup (Co-founder)
🧠Deep learning research and applications
Solar and materials science hardware
💻Computer hardware projects
🏃Inventing a cool new sport
📈Equity investing and analysis
📈alia, a social app
📈solarfly, for RWA tokenisation
✍️Writing poetry and developing a TV show
👕Custom t-shirt designs

Always starting something new. Ask me what I'm working on this week!

JOURNEY

2025

Building Cool Stuff

  • Y Combinator AI Startup School
  • Quantitative Research @ AlphaGrep Securities
  • Private Equity @ Investcorp
  • Jane Street FTTP Program
  • Co-founding stealth fintech platform
2024-25

University & Deep Tech

  • Building fintech startup in stealth
  • Cancer Research @ Park Lab, UChicago
  • VC Associate @ EdgeCase Capital Partners
  • AI Engineer @ Stealth Startup (RAG agents)
  • Multiple trading programs (Goldman, Susquehanna)
2022-24

High School

  • International Young Physicists' Tournament (3rd all-India)
  • Math competitions and olympiads
  • Poker & Game Theory research
  • Economics research on inflation targeting
  • Operations research @ Yulu (routing optimization)

PROJECTS

TEDx Talk

Speaking on problem-solving, innovation, and building solutions

Public SpeakingInnovationProblem Solving
TEDx Speaker

Infinite Limits Blog

Personal blog on technology, innovation, and problem-solving

WritingTechnologyPhilosophy
Active blog

Mental Math Website

Interactive platform for mental math practice

JavaScriptCSSHTML
Live platform

Discord Bot & Games

Gaming bot with blackjack and interactive features

PythonDiscord.py
~6k total plays

Space-Based Solar Power

Modeling and development accepted to Wolfram Tech Conference

WolframPhysics Modeling
Conference accepted

Poker Game Theory Research

Combinatorial game theory analysis of poker

MathematicsGame Theory
Research presented

LET'S CONNECT

Whether you want to discuss ML research, poker strategy, or startup ideas...

I'm always up for interesting conversations.

Send a Message

Or reach out directly:

partizangameshikhar17@gmail.com

Get In Touch

shikharsehgal@uchicago.edu
Mumbai • Hong Kong • Chicago
📱 +1(929)729-5540

Quick Response Times

I typically respond to emails within 24 hours. For urgent matters, feel free to mention it in the subject line.

© 2024 Shikhar Sehgal • Built with curiosity and caffeine