Aniket Gautam
Kanpur, India · open to collaborate

Aniket Gautam —
building secure systems.

Computer science student and open-source contributor who designs systems that stay secure under real-world pressure — from zero-trust browser middleware to backup software running on thousands of machines.

Co-Founder & CTO, Arush Labs
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Top 24
HackIITK 2026 finalist
2
Merged PRs · PSF Vorta
<100ms
AegisDOM latency target
about

Building at the intersection of architecture and security

Aniket is a B.Tech Computer Science student at Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University with a focus on system design, open-source engineering, and applied security. He leads engineering direction at Arush Labs and contributes to production open-source software used by thousands of people worldwide.

Top 24
HackIITK 2026 Grand Finalist — out of 9,000+ teams
2
Merged PRs to Vorta (Python Software Foundation)
<100ms
Latency target hit on AegisDOM's threat-detection layer
experience

Timeline

2026 — Present
Co-Founder & CTO
Arush Labs
Driving engineering vision and system architecture for Arush Labs' product line, alongside co-founder Arush Kumar.
Jun 2026 — Present
Campus Ambassador
Techfest, IIT Bombay
Representing Asia's largest science and technology festival — driving community engagement and technical outreach across the campus network.
Mar 2026 — Present
Open Source Contributor
Vorta — Borg Collective, Python Software Foundation
Merged PR #2424 (removed unused instance variable in ArchiveTab) and PR #2444 (fixed a WiFi notification bug in scheduler.py with unit tests). Applied to GSoC 2026 for the Vorta Scheduler Refactor project.
Apr 2026
Cybersecurity Hackathon Grand Finalist
C3iHub, IIT Kanpur
Led system feasibility and integration for AegisDOM at HackIITK 2026's live grand finale, presenting to industry and government judges.
projects

What he's building

01

AegisDOM

A zero-trust, deterministic middleware securing AI browser agents against prompt injection and hidden DOM manipulation — built to survive contact with real threats without breaking the browsing experience.

Rank 15 · HackIITK 2026
02

Vorta

Open-source Python desktop backup client with thousands of users. Contributed scheduler fixes and code cleanup merged into the main project.

PSF · Borg Collective
03

Arush Marketplace

An AI-powered freelancing ecosystem — the flagship product of Arush Labs, where Aniket sets technical direction.

In progress
04

Quantitative Research

Completed JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Quantitative Research simulation — price data analysis, commodity storage contract pricing, and credit risk assessment.

Forage · Jun 2026
recognition

Achievements & certifications

HackIITK 2026 — Top 24 Grand Finalist, Rank 15 (Problem Statement 4)
C3iHub, IIT Kanpur
College Ambassador, Techfest — Asia's largest tech festival
IIT Bombay · Jul 2026
Quantitative Research Job Simulation
JPMorgan Chase & Co. · Jun 2026
2 merged pull requests to a production open-source project
Vorta · Python Software Foundation