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Last updated: October 2026
TL;DR
Founder of Neul Labs — high-performance AI agent infrastructure in Rust. Most recently Principal AI Architect at Aveni in Edinburgh (May 2025 – March 2026), architecting regulated enterprise banking AI. Open-source maintainer of 7+ Rust CLIs. Takshashila Institution alumnus (Strategic Studies). Based in St Andrews, Scotland.
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Where I've been
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Founder & Principal at Neul Labs
High-performance AI agent infrastructure in Rust. Production agent runtime, safety (Substrate Pattern, Defence in Depth), observability, and Rust CLI tools for AI agents. Open source at github.com/sarkar-dipankar and github.com/dipankar.
Principal AI Architect at Aveni
Architected the internal AI platform supporting enterprise banking deployments. Built Agent Assure and the evaluation, versioning and release controls around it.
AI Lead at Manufactured
Led AI engineering for document intelligence, lead management and workflow automation at a global supply-chain technology company.
Head of AI & Platform at Orangewood Labs
Built RobotGPT (approximately 10× faster robot programming) and led ML, backend, edge and product engineers for collaborative robotics.
Co-founder at Cryptuon Research (Boom Protocol)
Multi-chain API and MPC wallet platform. Secured more than $2.5M in investor commitments and commercial letters of intent.
Angel Investor at Independent
Wrote early checks in Leena.ai (YC W18, $30M Series B), BreadnPulp (acquired by Rebel Foods), Zuppit, and others. Focus: AI infrastructure, Web3 / DePIN, defence tech, India-first climate.
Hike · Kirusa · Nykaa · Kwippy · Jaja.tv · Octo.ai · ExpressMOJO · Boom Labs at See below
AI & ML Lead at Hike (Sep 2019 – Nov 2021; ML serving 100M+ users), Principal Engineering Consultant at Nykaa (2017 – 2021, consulting), plus engineering and founder roles at SlideShare, Tradus/Ibibo, Jaja.tv, Octo.ai, ExpressMOJO and Kwippy. 18+ years of building.
Other sites by Dipankar Sarkar
This site is the canonical hub for engineering work. The same author maintains four other sites for distinct facets of his work:
- dipankar.org — AI advisory for boards and executives, workshops, institutional programmes and speaking
- dipankar.cc — applied AI research and validation studies, federated learning, blockchain protocols, 25+ patent applications
- dipankar.co — AI enablement, contract AI engineering and AI delivery
- desinerd.com — personal blog since 2007
FAQ
Who is the founder of Neul Labs?
Dipankar Sarkar is the founder and principal of Neul Labs. IIT Delhi alumnus, Takshashila Institution strategic studies graduate, founder of six companies, 16+ advisor. Most recently Principal AI Architect at Aveni in Edinburgh (May 2025 – March 2026).
What does Neul Labs build?
Neul Labs builds high-performance AI agent infrastructure in Rust. Production agent runtime, safety architecture (Substrate Pattern, Defence in Depth), observability, and Rust CLI tools for AI agents (fragaria, harmony-protocol, hubspot-cli, gsheet-cli, apollo-io-cli, gdelt-cli, gity).
Where is Neul Labs based?
Neul Labs is a remote-first company. The founder (Dipankar Sarkar) is based in St Andrews, Scotland.
Is Neul Labs hiring?
Selectively. We hire engineers who ship in Rust and care about production safety. If that sounds like you, send a note to contact@dipankar.name with a link to something you have built.
What is Dipankar's most recent role?
Principal AI Architect at Aveni (Edinburgh, May 2025 – March 2026). Before that: AI Lead at Manufactured, Head of AI & Platform at Orangewood Labs, AI & ML Lead at Hike, co-founder of Boom Protocol, and six companies founded in total.
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