Advay Deepak Iyer

Hi, I'm Advay, a Computer Engineering & Computer Science senior at USC, graduating in 2027 with a 3.94 cumulative GPA (4.0 this year). I'm passionate about software development and the responsible deployment of ML and generative AI, and I like building products people can actually use. I've shipped multiple: Facet, an AI jewelry design studio; Tek, a local-first desktop agent for your files; and MenuBox AI, a menu recommendation app. Right now I'm building MILO, an investing bot that watches your portfolio, provides regular updates, and pings you near stop-loss.

I've also shipped AI in production for real companies. At Publicis Sapient I built RAG applications for enterprise clients, notably Bridgestone and Clarios, owning everything from requirements and prompt engineering to the stakeholder demo. Currently I work at Oraczen, building agentic AI for procurement, whose clients include enterprises managing $1B+ in annual spend: a multi-tier insight engine over supplier and spend data, and agent-to-agent transaction workflows.

Beyond shipping, I want to understand models, not just use them. Lately that's meant digging into how transformers use their context windows, confidence scoring for LLM answers via entropy over answer-localized logprobs, and lightweight probes on model internals, alongside my GNN task-scheduling research with Prof. Krishnamachari at USC. Outside of engineering, I lead Calculus II supplemental instruction at USC, and I unwind with sports and gaming.