# Ansh Chokshi

> Athlete, engineer, founder of Mireye. Based in San Francisco, California, USA.

This is the plain-text edition of https://anshchokshi.com, published for crawlers, language
models and agents. It is generated from the same source as the website, so it is
never out of date.

## Now

Founder & CEO of [Mireye](https://www.mireye.ai).

AI agents are starting to act in the real world, but they can't reliably understand it. Ask a model a specific question about a specific place and it guesses.

Geospatial infrastructure for AI agents — a queryable index of the physical world. Mission: Index every inch of the earth and make it as queryable as the web.

In his own words: "i take calculated risks based on expected value, game theory optimal, intuition, research and emotions for a living"

## Chapters

- **[mireye](https://www.mireye.ai)** — ceo & founder (now). Founder and CEO of Mireye. Building geospatial infrastructure so AI agents can reliably reason about the physical world.
- **[eraser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fhoV2WFaM4)** — aiml engineer. AI/ML engineer at Eraser.
- **[seismic](https://www.seismic.com/platform/aura/)** — data scientist. Data scientist at Seismic, on the ML team that became Seismic Aura. Joined as an intern before the ChatGPT/LLM wave, when the team was small and the direction was still ambiguous.
- **poker pit** — co-founder (acquired). Co-founded an online poker club in 2021 and scaled it to $250,000 revenue. Profitable, bootstrapped, and acquired within a year.
- **[uoft](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7077305545455472640/)** — cs, econ, math. University of Toronto — computer science, economics, and mathematics.
- **[badminton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQKMdH3aiAo&t=183s)** — state champion athlete. State champion badminton player.

## Writing

Ansh Chokshi writes essays on building companies, taking concentrated bets, moving
between cities, and what work costs you.

- [Life's Work](https://anshchokshi.com/write/lifes-work) — Aug 2, 2026, 2 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/lifes-work.md
- [Make Something People Want](https://anshchokshi.com/write/make-something-people-want) — Jun 20, 2026, 3 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/make-something-people-want.md
- [How to Get Your First Job](https://anshchokshi.com/write/how-to-get-your-first-job) — Jun 1, 2026, 4 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/how-to-get-your-first-job.md
- [The Honest Truth About Moving](https://anshchokshi.com/write/the-honest-truth-about-moving) — Apr 13, 2026, 7 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/the-honest-truth-about-moving.md
- [The Art of Doing it Anyway](https://anshchokshi.com/write/the-art-of-doing-it-anyway) — Mar 21, 2026, 5 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/the-art-of-doing-it-anyway.md
- [Create more than you Consume, Give more than you Take](https://anshchokshi.com/write/create-more-than-you-consume-give-more-than-you-take) — Mar 16, 2026, 1 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/create-more-than-you-consume-give-more-than-you-take.md
- [The Last 15 Days of My Life](https://anshchokshi.com/write/the-last-15-days-of-my-life) — Mar 10, 2026, 4 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/the-last-15-days-of-my-life.md
- [Dear Future Children](https://anshchokshi.com/write/dear-future-children) — Mar 6, 2026, 2 min read. Markdown: https://anshchokshi.com/write/dear-future-children.md

## Interests

surf more waves, chase wildlife shots, grow healthier plants, create thoughtful spaces

## Contact

- Email: anshchokshi@gmail.com
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/ansh_chokshi
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansh-chokshi/
- GitHub: https://github.com/chokshiansh
- Website: https://anshchokshi.com
- Book a coffee chat in San Francisco: https://anshchokshi.com/coffee

## Topics

- Geospatial data infrastructure
- AI agents
- Machine learning
- Startups and company building
- Data science
- Site selection and land analysis
- Badminton