Distributed Systems · Zürich, Switzerland

Piyush Harsh_

Serial Entrepreneur
Accredited Angel Investor
Limited Partner — Venture Fund

PhD in Computer Science & Engineering. I spent a decade turning hard distributed-systems research into products that run in production — across research labs in the US, France and Switzerland, and now as a founder and investor. I build, I invest, and I like to argue the other side until the idea proves itself.

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01 — Who I am

Builder first, investor second

I'm a serial entrepreneur with a research spine. My work has always lived where deep technology meets real deployment — cloud economics, distributed systems, geospatial and aerial intelligence. Today I found and run companies, back exceptional technical founders as an accredited angel investor, and commit capital as a Limited Partner in a venture fund.

Ventures founded / operated

Portfolio companies

Countries invested

40+

Publications

PhD

CS & Engineering

Distributed systems Cloud economics Applied AI Aerial & geospatial Agri / climate tech Deep-tech investing

02 — Timeline of my being

Schooling, universities & careers

A hand-drawn map of the path — education flowing into research and ventures. Where roles overlapped the line branches; when one ended it merges back, until today's threads converge. (Dates approximate.)

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Education & research Cyclops Labs TerraviewOS Gamaya Aerial Grid Branches = concurrent roles · lines merge when one ended

03 — How I show up

Prove it to me — then let's ship it

# the way I evaluate almost everything piyush@zurich:~$ steelman --opposing-view > take the strongest version of the counter-argument piyush@zurich:~$ pressure-test ./thesis > name the failure mode before the market does piyush@zurich:~$ verdict > concede, refine, or ship — with the reason

Competitive, intellectually honest, and happy to play devil's advocate — challenge the idea, respect the person. See my ventures, portfolio and research.