---
name: piyush-vyas
description: Founder, builder, ex-AWS. Building transparent.fyi and open-sourcing the reliability layer for AI agents — BAP, DBAR, skill-tools, agent-contracts, useid.
compatibility: Engineering, Product, Research, Founders
license: Available for collaborations
metadata:
  role: Solo founder · transparent.fyi
  previously: Deep Learning Architect, AWS GenAI
  location: Dallas, TX
  experience: "5.5+ years"
  deployments: "30+"
  papers: "3 · 2 best-paper awards"
---

# Piyush Vyas

I build agentic systems. Currently founding **transparent.fyi**.

Through-line: making agents reliable enough to ship.

## What I'm building

Founding [transparent.fyi](https://transparent.fyi) — a mobile-first scanner that turns Open Food Facts data into readable, ranked verdicts on what's actually in packaged foods. Solo. Product, engineering, ops.

On the side: open-source tools for the part of agents that nobody demos.

- **transparent.fyi** — the company
- **Browser Agent Protocol (BAP)** — open standard for AI ↔ browser, JSON-RPC over WebSocket
- **DBAR** — Deterministic Browser Agent Runtime, replayable browser executions
- **skill-tools** — deterministic toolchain for SKILL.md (parse, lint, score, route)
- **agent-contracts** — open spec for enforceable agent behavior
- **useid** — Universal Semantic Element ID for stable cross-run element identity

## Believes

- Agents need contracts, not vibes.
- Determinism beats demos.
- The reliable layer is the moat.
- Tools you can audit beat tools you can pitch.
- Open the protocol, keep the product.

## Recognition

- Best Student Paper — INTERSPEECH 2021
- Outstanding Student Paper — IEEE ICASSP 2021
- IEEE ICASSP 2022 — Temporal Early Exiting for Streaming Speech Commands

## Previously

- 2024–2026 · Deep Learning Architect · AWS GenAI Innovation & Delivery
- 2023–2024 · Senior ML Engineer · Numerade Labs (Series A)
- 2021–2023 · Senior ML Scientist · Spectrum Labs (acquired)
- 2021      · Research Engineer · Comcast Applied AI
- 2020–2021 · Research Engineer · Indiana University Bloomington

## Links

- github.com/pyyush
- linkedin.com/in/pyyush
- x.com/p1yussh
- work@piyushvyas.com
- https://piyushvyas.com