Vedant Singh

01 — About

A bit
about me.

I'm a junior at Stanford University studying Mathematics and Computer Science, drawn to the intersection of numbers, data, and computation. Currently building Salus (YC W26), a startup focused on agent reliability — making sure AI agents actually do what they're supposed to.

My interests span artificial intelligence, natural language processing, computational linguistics, and financial technology. I had the honor of representing India at the International Linguistics Olympiad and earned recognition as a Rise Global Winner by Schmidt Futures for building a gamified app to preserve the Sanskrit language.

Beyond academics, I'm involved in Stanford's tech community through ACM and the Blockchain Club, compete in ICPC, and help organize the Stanford Math Tournament.

02 — Honors

Recognition.

YC W26

Salus — Y Combinator Winter 2026

Building Salus, a startup focused on agent reliability — making AI agents do what they're actually supposed to.

IOL 2021

International Linguistics Olympiad — Bronze Medal

Represented India at the International Linguistics Olympiad and won a bronze medal, competing against the world's best in solving problems from unfamiliar languages and writing systems.

APLO

Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad — 2 Silver Medals

Earned two silver medals at the Asia Pacific Linguistics Olympiad across multiple years of competition.

RSI 2021

Research Science Institute Scholar

Selected as an RSI Scholar at MIT, one of the most prestigious and selective STEM summer programs for high school students worldwide.

Schmidt Futures

Rise Global Winner

Selected as a Rise Global Winner by Schmidt Futures for developing a gamified app to promote Sanskrit language preservation and facilitate easy learning.

03 — Research

Where I've
worked.

Salus — YC W26

Co-Founder — Agent Reliability

Building Salus, a YC W26 startup making AI agents reliable. Ensuring agents actually do what they're supposed to.

Open Virtual
Assistant Lab

Long-Context Reasoning in LLMs

Working on improving long-context reasoning capabilities in large language models. Current research focus.

Legal Design Lab

Legal AI Tools

Building AI-powered tools to make legal processes more accessible and efficient.

Stanford CS

Brain-Computer Interfaces & Reasoning LLMs

Worked on brain-computer interfaces and developing mathematically strong reasoning LLMs.

King Center

Bias Detection in Historical Documents

Applied NLP and computer vision to detect bias in historical documents.

Stanford AFTLab

LLM-Based Credit Rating Models

Built LLM-based credit rating models using financial filings and economic data.

MIT — RSI

Natural Language Translation Models

At MIT's Probabilistic Computing Project as part of the Research Science Institute, worked on natural language translation models.

06 — Notebook

What I'm reading
& thinking.

Books

The Stranger Albert Camus meursault gets cooked for not performing grief the way society expects. the sun made him do it is still the funniest defense ever

The Trial Franz Kafka kafka wrote the most accurate depiction of dealing with any large institution. josef k would not survive the dmv

Stoner John Williams nothing happens and yet everything happens. you finish it and just stare at the wall for 20 minutes

The Road Cormac McCarthy the “carrying the fire” line lives in my head rent free. mccarthy proves you don’t need adjectives to make someone cry

The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath plath makes you feel the walls closing in through perfectly normal sentences. the fig tree passage alone is worth it

Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy i’m not sure i understood all of it and i’m not sure you’re supposed to. the judge is the scariest character in all of literature

Shows

Succession you watch it for the plot and stay for the way these people weaponize dinner conversation. “you can’t do anything because you’re nothing” is peak writing

The Sopranos tony soprano is the reason every prestige show has a morally complex lead. also genuinely one of the funniest shows ever made

The Office i’ve seen this show an embarrassing number of times. the jim and dwight dynamic carries civilization

Thoughts

“no man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man”
Heraclitus the most elegant way to say you’re not who you were yesterday

“in the midst of winter, i found there was, within me, an invincible summer”
Camus i think about this more than i should

“since we’re all going to die, it’s obvious that when and how don’t matter”
Camus weirdly the most freeing thing i’ve ever read

“the torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. it is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny”
Napoleon the most eloquent way to say stop overthinking

“there are cathedrals everywhere for those with eyes to see”
don’t remember heard it once and it never left. makes you pay attention to the ordinary

“the harder i work, the luckier i get”
don’t remember everyone says it. still hasn’t been disproven

“shoot for the moon, even if you miss you’ll land among the stars”
don’t remember corny? maybe. but it got me through more late nights than i’d admit

running is the closest thing to meditation that actually works. mile 8 is where your brain finally shuts up
me not a quote i found somewhere. just something i’ve learned the hard way at 6am

Vedant Singh.

A bit
about me.