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Engineer · Operator · Founder

Kris
Steigerwald

"The best AI agency is one that eats its own cooking."

Kris Steigerwald

Built for Scale. Proven at Scale.

A veteran of high-scale engineering at Amazon and Capital One. Architecting systems that don't just solve problems, but define new paradigms in distributed computing and machine learning.

◆ AWS Patent Holder ⚡ Distributed Systems

The Core Stack

Deep Learning PyTorch
Cloud Infrastructure AWS Architect
Languages Rust · Swift · TS · Python
Ops Kubernetes
Velaru studio workspace

The Operator's Ethos

VELARU isn't a consultancy — it's a lab. Kris believes that to build AI for others, one must first build for themselves. This philosophy of "Eating your own cooking" ensures every solution is battle-tested in real-world environments before it reaches a client's hands.

Pragmatic Over Hyped

Prioritizing reliability and ROI over ephemeral AI trends.

Architectural Integrity

Building with the same rigor found in tier-1 cloud providers.