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Calm observations on AI, creative work, and the tools I ship.

I am Yash Raj. I prefer quiet interfaces, practical experiments, and essays that can be read in one sitting. This site is where I document the work so it stays useful for others.

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  1. AI, virtual-cell, perturbation-modeling, single-cell

    Compute, Confidence, and a Bad Pivot: My Lessons from Arc Institute’s Virtual Cell Challenge 2025

    When Arc Institute announced the winners of the inaugural Virtual Cell Challenge at NeurIPS in December 2025, I wasn’t among them. I fini...

  2. biotech, machine-learning, AI, career, mental-health

    You’re Not Falling Behind: Surviving AI Hype in Biotech

  3. AI, Art, Ethics, Technology

    AI Art, Ethics, and Why We Should All Chill a Bit

    Recently, there’s been intense debate around AI-generated art, particularly concerning works inspired by beloved styles such as Studio Gh...