Headline

Founder & Infrastructure Engineer.

About

Builder with a strong bias toward first-principles thinking and full ownership. I work end-to-end on ambitious infrastructure projects moving from problem discovery and system design to implementation, iteration, and real-world deployment. My focus is on building things that are secure, scalable, and practical, especially in cryptography-heavy and privacy-first systems. I enjoy working in high-ambiguity environments, taking early ideas from zero to something people can actually use, and pushing them until they’re reliable enough to fade into the background.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

cursor

elevenlabs

grok

hermes agent

hugging face

Work experience

Founder at Stealth Startup, Jan 2026 - Present · 9 mos, San Francisco Bay Area

Architect of Nothing Useful (Yet) at GraniteDB, May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, San Francisco Bay Area, Most databases are built by committees. GraniteDB was built by one person, over weekends, to understand what actually happens when data hits disk. A document-oriented database engine written in Rust — from scratch. Storage primitives, query execution, serialization, all of it. Built for learning. Kept because it works. Couldn't have moved this fast without Claude Code handling the scaffolding while I focused on the architecture decisions that actually mattered. Open source. No committees. Just strong opinions and a Rust compiler.

Technical Advisor at Nirala Wealth, Nov 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, Remote, As a Technical Advisor to Nirala Wealth, I provide strategic guidance on the digital transformation of wealth management infrastructure for a firm with ₹50 Cr+ AUM. I focus on evaluating the technical feasibility of migrating traditional investment workflows into resilient, paperless systems while auditing data architectures for security and operational reliability. This role allows me to bridge the gap between deep-tech privacy protocols and the pragmatic compliance requirements of traditional financial institutions.

Co-founder & CTO at Airchains, Dec 2021 - Dec 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, • Leading deep technical work in zero-knowledge proofs, FHE/zkFHE, and privacy-preserving computation, translating research-heavy ideas into usable systems. • Designed and implemented core blockchain systems, including execution layers, verification pipelines, node infrastructure, and developer tooling. • Raised ~$2M from global VCs, leading technical diligence, architecture reviews, and roadmap discussions.

Chief Technical Officer at Retcons Technology, May 2020 - Aug 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, • Led engineering for government and enterprise platforms used in real administrative workflows, with direct accountability for reliability, security, and delivery timelines. • Delivered platforms used during COVID-era operations, where downtime or failure had immediate real-world consequences. • Owned system architecture and delivery for multiple government-scale platforms across grievance redressal, court systems, and emergency services.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Rungta College of Engineering & Technology Behind Nandanvan

High School Diploma, Science, kendriya vidyalaya

Public links

github: https://github.com/Kritarth1107

medium: https://medium.com/@kritarthagrawal

kritarthagrawal.com: https://kritarthagrawal.com/