Pillar 01 · AI Advisory · Afterdays

Architectural and product guidance for AI founders, engineering VPs, and investors.

Hands-on technical advisory through Afterdays on production ML ranking, agentic AI orchestration, evaluation harnesses, and inference economics.

Official studio portrait of Jigyasa Grover
ML Tech Lead @ Uber · Principal @ Afterdays · Google gDAB
Operator Perspective · Afterdays (2015 – Present)

Practical guidance from an active Tech Lead

Through my independent practice, Afterdays, we work directly on your architecture, latency/cost trade-offs, and product roadmap—informed by shipping production systems at Uber, Bordo AI, Faire, Twitter/X, and Meta, serving on the Google Developer Advisory Board, and consulting or advising 30+ teams (including Anthropic, Google, Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Spotify, Adobe, Figma, Atlassian, Coinbase, Windsurf, Base44, Diem AI, Bezoku AI, Okareo, and Founders Circle Capital).

01 · ArchitectureAgentic Systems

Agentic AI vs. Deterministic Workflows

Separate workflows best served by state machines or single-step retrieval from genuine multi-agent topologies, auditing MCP schemas, memory, and routing.

Google ADK LangGraph & MCP RAG vs. Fine-Tuning
02 · Production MLRanking & Scale

Ranking, Personalization & Feature Stores

Design calibrated multi-task ranking pipelines, real-time feature stores, cold-start smoothing, and sub-50ms serving architectures.

Multi-Task Ranking Feature Stores Low-Latency SLAs
03 · Reliability & FinOpsGuardrails

LLM Evaluation & Token Economics

Build golden datasets, trajectory assertions, Pass@k benchmarks, calibrated LLM-as-a-Judge rubrics, and per-turn token circuit breakers.

Eval Harnesses Cost Guardrails Responsible AI
04 · Developer GTMProduct & DevEx

SDK Ergonomics & Developer Positioning

Pressure-test API contracts, onboarding friction, and technical positioning for AI infrastructure and developer tools selling to senior engineers.

Google gDAB SDK Ergonomics Technical GTM
Verified 5.0★ Track Record · Intro & Topmate

What founders & advisory clients say

All reviews on Intro ↗
★★★★★ 5.0★ Intro ↗

“Jigyasa is an excellent communicator, advisor and thought partner. She shared her journey authentically, making our conversation engaging and inspiring. She guided me toward a path tailored to my needs. She is a great thought partner and advisor. I would recommend her in a heartbeat.”

Manav 1:1 AI Advisory & Thought Partner
★★★★★ 5.0★ Intro ↗

“Jigyasa was superb. She really helped me as a non-technical person begin to understand the finer details of building an LM for the new venture I'm working on. Highly recommended!”

Ari Venture Founder
★★★★★ 5.0★ Topmate ↗

“She is a true star, and yet is so down-to-earth and easy to talk to. She doesn't have any airs about her, and any question is a good question. I came out of the 30 mins meeting with lot of insights and resources that I can apply at my startup.”

Sirisha Kaipa Startup Founder
★★★★★ 5.0★ Topmate ↗

“Her attention and suggestions significantly enhanced my deck for presenting to judges, mentors, and other Sac ecosystem stakeholders. She provided actionable advice that was insightful. I highly recommend her to any startup or innovator seeking expert guidance.”

Uugii Tsenddorj Startup Founder · Pitch & Strategy
Advisory FAQ

Common questions

What topics does Jigyasa advise startups and engineering leaders on?

Production ML ranking and personalization, feature stores, multi-agent orchestration vs. deterministic workflows, LLM evaluation harnesses, inference cost guardrails, and developer GTM.

How are advisory engagements structured?

Book focused 1:1 architecture or strategy calls via Intro or Topmate, or inquire via Work With Me for ongoing startup advisory retainers through her independent practice, Afterdays.