Akshay Akula's House
Akshay's brick colonial home, where his mom, dad and older brother live. The living room is full of trophies from growing up.
Trophies and milestones
- Black belt in Tae Kwon Do, earned as a kid: discipline, focus and a lot of sparring.
- Muay Thai in Thailand: Akshay lived in a gym and trained Muay Thai for two months. In the portfolio you can try his heavy bag in a five-second mini game.
- Golden LEGO brick: his FIRST LEGO League team made it to the state championship, where his love for robotics and engineering took off.
- FAA Remote Pilot Certificate: Akshay is a drone pilot certified by the Federal Aviation Administration.
- He has loved science and technology since he was a kid: taking things apart, building robots and flying anything he could.
Upstairs, Akshay's room holds his resume.
About Akshay Akula
Akshay Akula is an AI engineer and founder based in the Washington DC-Baltimore area. His main work is full-time as Hacker in Residence at NQB8, a technical venture studio. He also works on AI and agent strategy at Flex Capital and is the founder and principal engineer of Vonar.ai, an enterprise voice AI company serving government and defense customers. He previously worked as a software engineer at Arkestro and earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech in 2022.