Sai Gautham is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He completed his Master’s degree from Stanford University in 2025 and Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) in 2023. He is passionate about building next-generation AI systems. His goal after completing his PhD is to join the industry, with a particular interest in developing systems that simplify the deployment of algorithms to hardware. Outside academics, he enjoys playing squash, cooking, running and travelling to new places.