About the Author

Pranav Deshpande is a Research Lead at JPMorganChase, where he builds AI systems for finance - the kind where models have to actually work or you lose money. He is the inventor of 10+ U.S. patents and has published scientific research in leading conferences and journals. His interests range from foundational AI to its messiest real-world applications.

He trained as a computer scientist at NYU and studied engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India. Before moving into research, he spent years in industry, learning - the hard way - what works and what doesn't when you put models in front of real users.

He wrote this book for anyone who wants to understand how AI really works - not the hype, not the hand-waving, but the actual ideas, math, and engineering behind modern AI systems.