utkarsh maurya

i'm a systems person. i like building things that talk to hardware, run on constrained devices, and don't break when the wifi dies.

started messing with kernels because i wanted to understand what happens when you flip a GPIO pin. that turned into a full obsession with eBPF, embedded linux, and making tiny computers do things they probably shouldn't be able to do.

stuff i've built

building a configurable kernel architecture around eBPF for embedded devices. still early. the idea is: what if you could hot-swap kernel behavior on a raspberry pi without bricking it? exploring programmable subsystems for observability and modularity on hardware that doesn't have RAM to spare.

autonomous drone system for disaster search & rescue. edge AI runs victim detection onboard. designed for places with no cell signal and a lot of rubble. won ₹100K from india's DoT 5G hackathon to build the prototype.

a summer of bitcoin project, security-focused bitcoin firmware with minimal attack surface. deterministic builds. if you're paranoid about hardware wallets, this is for you.

open-source embedded tooling. circuit-level abstractions and hardware experimentation.

comretonai makes ai runs provable, not trusted. models run off-chain for speed, proofs go on-chain for truth — trust math, not machines.

community platform for young builders. research hackathons, bootcamps, peer collaboration. because sometimes you just need to find other people who think kernel modules are cool.

things that went well

speaker @ ubucon india 2025

talked about low-latency OpenAFS for robots & edge devices

euclid × aurora hackathon
50,000 EUCL + $2,000 USD

cross-chain protocol stuff.

hunt-a-thon (archway) 2024
$4,000 USD

decentralized systems and on-chain execution.

DoT 5G innovation hackathon
₹100,000 INR

finalist with resqterra. drone-based disaster response.

what i actually use

linux kernel eBPF embedded linux RTOS raspberry pi jetson nano C C++ python go bash YOLO edge inference drones

what i want to spend more time on

programmable kernels & eBPF

edge AI for systems that can't afford to crash

embedded observability

autonomous things that work when everything around them is broken