Akhil Sharma

Activist
DISC Type : Cd

Co-Founder / CTO at SnowCrash

San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Overview

Akhil is the Co-Founder and CTO of SnowCrash and Founder of ARMUR AI, specializing in securing LLMs and Agentic AI. A polyglot engineer with expertise in Rust, Go, and Haskell, he has studied AI and Cybersecurity at Stanford. People who have worked with him describe him as exceptionally creative, intelligent, and energetic.

Beyond his entrepreneurial ventures, Akhil is a dedicated educator, teaching advanced system design to future CTOs through his popular YouTube channel. He is a passionate open-source contributor and has developed several SAAS products. His personal interests include a deep appreciation for the Arch Linux operating system.

He is the author of the book "Rust for Blockchain Engineering, " published by Packt Publishing.

Personality Overview

Perfectionist

Value Conscious

Logical And Quick

They care equally about the product and its potential impact.  They respond well to confident salespeople. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.

Topics They Care About

Securing AI Systems
His professional focus is on securing LLMs and Agentic AI, founding ARMUR AI to create AI agents that proactively scan code for vulnerabilities before deployment.
Distributed Systems
He frequently posts about how scaling LLM inference is a distributed systems problem, not a machine learning problem, focusing on topics like latency and GPU scheduling.
Technical Education
He is passionate about teaching advanced system design and AI concepts not found in typical courses through his YouTube channel and professional cohorts.

Media Appearances

Akhil has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Co-Founder / CTO at SnowCrash
6-2022 - 7-2025
Founder / Hacker-In-Chief at ARMUR
2-2018 - 6-2023
Founder at Myrl Tech - SAAS Product Development
8-2020 - 11-2021
Creator / Open Source Maintainer / Principal Engineer at Remote Teams
6-2018 - 7-2020
Creator and Open Source Maintainer at Dominate.ai

Education

2-2023 - 5-2023
Advanced Cybersecurity from Stanford University
4-2020 - 2-2021
Artificial Intelligence Postgraduate Professional Program (ONLINE) from Stanford University School of Engineering

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Exp : 6 Location : San Francisco Bay Area, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder / CTO at SnowCrash
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Insights For Selling To Akhil

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that they have the necessary authority, they could present false stature sometimes
  • Highlight the competitive differentiation of your product
  • Ask them questions confidently while doing discovery, don’t be apologetic

DONT's

  • Do not give up if they are not convinced, try again with a different approach
  • Don’t try to be an alpha salesperson, give them equal space
  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Akhil is

  • Conviction in the product matters to them, followed by proof points and strong testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Akhil

  • They may not be very forthcoming, but they will say no if needed.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Akhil move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Akhil take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks but after weighing up the pros and cons.

You And Akhil

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