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Arkash Jain.

AI researcher (Harvard) and forward-deployed engineer at Benmore — three published papers including SpatialDINO (3D self-supervised cryo-ET), and the toolkit that makes SMB AI consulting compound.

AI ResearcherForward DeployedDistributed SystemsCryo-ETStripeOpen Source
3Papers
Harvard + BUEducation
6+ YearsTech Experience
3D SSLPioneer
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The Arc

Physics → VC → Distributed Systems → Harvard AI → Building

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I came to Boston from India in 2020. NSF UROP scholar in chemical physics, two stints at Battery Ventures, distributed-systems research at BU, then Harvard's Kirchhausen Lab to build SpatialDINO. Now Head of FDE at Benmore.

Papers

3

Classes Deep-Dived

9

Repos

25+

Now

Currently

● Current

Head of FDE · Benmore

Forward-deployed engineering across SMB AI engagements.

Recent

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Research

3 published papers

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BioRxiv2025

SpatialDINO: Self-Supervised Learning for 3D Vision Transformers

Arkash Jain et al. (Kirchhausen Lab, Harvard Medical School)

A 3D self-supervised vision transformer that beats a Nobel laureate-led approach for understanding subcellular structures from cryo-electron tomograms.

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Journal of Cell Biology2026

Close-up of Vesicular ER Exit Sites by Volume Electron Imaging using FIB-SEM

Kirchhausen Lab

Volumetric reconstruction of mammalian ER exit sites at unprecedented resolution via FIB-SEM and learned segmentation.

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Journal of Chemical PhysicsNov 2022

Ultrafast 2DIR comparison of rotational energy transfer, isolated binary collision breakdown, and near critical fluctuations in Xe and SF6 solutions

Arkash Jain et al.

First-author work on supercritical-fluid dynamics using ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy.

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Coursework

BU CS, Math & PL — by class

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Projects

Selected work

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SpatialDINO

2025

First 3D self-supervised vision transformer for cryo-ET subcellular structures.

PyTorchFSDPDGXcryo-ET
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Raft (Go)

2023

From-scratch Raft consensus implementation. Leader election, log replication, snapshotting.

GogRPCDistributed Systems
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CloudComputing - coursework + projects

2023

BU CS591 coursework, including MapReduce, Spark, distributed kv-store experiments.

GoSparkHadoop
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NEXMARK Benchmark

2023

Streaming-systems benchmark suite implementation against Apache Flink.

JavaFlinkRocksDB
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Work & Tools

What I ship every day

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Benmore Foundry CLI

Internal orchestration layer for SMB AI consulting engagements - kicks off scoped agents, books work, manages handoffs.

PythonTyperClaude Code

RTK - Rust Token Killer

Token-optimized CLI proxy for Claude Code. 60-90% token savings on dev operations through transparent rewrite hooks.

RustClaude Code Hooks

Compound Engineering Skills

Authored Claude Code skills for code review, debugging, planning, brainstorming, frontend design - used by team daily.

MarkdownClaude Code Skills
Knowledge

Second brain, in public

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