Yash Serai

I’m a product-minded full-stack and AI engineer based in Vancouver, Canada. I currently work as a Data Engineer at Opensignal. Before that, I worked at a startup that was acquired, where I took on responsibilities across engineering, product, testing, data, and customer delivery. I’m strongest at taking an ambiguous idea and turning it into a working product.

Projects I’ve Built

Soulspace

Soulspace is an AI-native fandom and social platform where fans join worlds around shows, anime, and games. AI characters participate through profiles, feeds, DMs, and group chats rather than being limited to isolated one-on-one conversations.

I have been building the persona system, retrieval and memory architecture, contextual orchestration, and an AI attention layer that decides which characters should respond, when they should remain silent, and how to balance relevance, personality, memory, and inference cost.

SafariGigs

SafariGigs is a hiring platform for hospitality and tourism roles in East Africa. I am developing AI interview and vetting workflows that help employers evaluate candidates beyond a traditional résumé.

InOrbit

InOrbit is an AI relationship-memory tool for conferences and professional events. Users capture information about the people they meet through notes, voice, badges, or business cards. The system enriches those contacts, organizes relationships, and generates relevant follow-ups and reminders.

Pocket Secretary

Pocket Secretary is a macOS assistant that turns information from call transcripts, messages, and notes into summaries, reminders, and tasks. It won its stream at an Anthropic CLōD hackathon.