Prashant Lakhera

Founder and CTO at Stealth Startup

Fremont, California, United States

About Prashant Lakhera

Prashant Lakhera is Founder and CTO at Stealth Startup. Location: Fremont, California, United States.

After 20 years in the IT field, I’m now building my own AI startup , a dream fueled by decades of experience solving real-world DevOps challenges. If you’re working in the AI space on: 1 Small Language Models for DevOps 2 AI Agents for DevOps 3 Using AI to solve complex DevOps issues Let’s connect and collaborate! Over the years, I’ve worked with leading companies like Red Hat and Salesforce, designing scalable, secure, and efficient solutions in Cloud, DevOps, and Generative AI. My journey spans open-source contributions, multiple technical certifications, and hands-on expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Python, Shell, and Linux. Beyond my professional roles, I’m passionate about giving back to the community. I founded 100daysofdevops and 101daysofdevops, authored four books, and regularly share knowledge through YouTube, blogs, and meetups: Building an LLMOps Pipeline using Hugging Face: https://pratimuniyal.gumroad.com/l/BuildinganLLMOpsPipelineUsingHuggingFace AWS for System Administrators: https://www.amazon.com/AWS-System-Administrators-automate-infrastructure/dp/ Cracking the DevOps Interview: https://pratimuniyal.gumroad.com/l/cracking-the-devops-interview My mission is to shape the future of open source with AI-driven, collaborative solutions — and I believe the best way forward is to learn and build together. If this resonates with you, I’d love to connect and explore what we can create.

Skills

  • Large Language Models (LLM)
  • Start-up Ventures
  • slm

Additional experience

  • Various engineering role

    Salesforce

    August 2016 – August 2025

Education

  • Computer Science and Programming Using Python, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Bachelor of Engineering (BE), G B Pant Engineering