2005–2026
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Aneesh Sathe

Aneesh Sathe

I work at the intersection of AI, data science, and biomedical R&D — mostly on systems that help scientists turn messy biological and clinical data into clearer decisions.

Currently VP of AI & Data Science at Qureator; before that I co-founded Qritive, an AI pathology company. I write with the Protocol Institute on World Machines.

This site is where I write about technology, books, leadership, music, family, startups, and whatever else I'm trying to understand.

AI explorations and experiments, from studio.aneeshsathe.com.

  • How to Implement AI for Scientific R&D

    When scientists think of AI, the chances are they imagine either a chatbot or some undefined thing that combines all their data and gives insight. …

  • Neurosymbolic AI for Private Email Triage

    Safety note. I am intentionally not publishing the complete automation code in this post. An email-processing agent can expose private correspondence or take …

  • Causal Analysis for Biologists – Introduction

    Over a decade ago I created a rogue teaching course called Data Analysis for Biologists. At that time most biologists were untrained and afraid of any kind of …

  • Causality Belongs in Your Biotech From Day One

    Every decision in your biotech startup is based on a causal claim: “The compound works.” “The assay predicts efficacy.” “We should run the bigger study.” …

  • Auto Creating Knowledge Graphs from PDF files using LLMs

    Using systems like RAG and Knowledge graphs to serve as a source of truth for LLMs is extremely powerful. However, the creation of knowledge graphs themselves …

Short notes and microblog posts.

  • Exstasis

    Exstasis # Poetry was written so that words might hold a form sufficient until they leapt from the cliff of your lips.

  • Eh readers will get bored of clicking on pangram every time. AI as a tool for writing is much more interesting when used by people who would have been interesting if they had the time to write… The …

  • AI models everywhere but not a RAM to think

  • Once I run Arch Linux, THEN I’ll truly be a technical person… right? Right? Learning new things from Cat Hick’s book: Psychology of Software Teams. Dr. Cat Hicks Lucky how many of these traps I’ve …

  • New-ish GraphDB libraries: latticedb: Embedded single-file knowledge graph database with vector search and full-text search for AI/RAG apps LadybugDB: DuckDB for Graphs — The KuzuDB Successor

Longer, more developed essays.

  • 2 Aug 2026
    Nakatomi DriftWorld Machines

    How to Get Properly Lost

    15 min read
  • 1 Aug 2026
    Blaugust Begins

    A few weeks ago I decided it was time to firmly exit the platforms. At first I was going to do some kind of cross-posting but most don’t have an exposed API or …

    2 min read
  • 29 Jul 2026
    Masks in Redshift

    On the masks that helped me navigate repeated moves and reinventions—and the freedom of no longer needing them.

    3 min read
  • 21 Jul 2026
    On Thickets, Enclosure, and LeavingWorld Machines

    Back to Liveness

    8 min read
  • 19 Jul 2026
    The Birth of ThicketsWorld Machines

    An Interregnum in Space

    11 min read

Essays in the World Machines collection.

  • 2 Aug 2026
    Nakatomi Drift

    How to Get Properly Lost

  • 21 Jul 2026
    On Thickets, Enclosure, and Leaving

    Back to Liveness

  • 19 Jul 2026
    The Birth of Thickets

    An Interregnum in Space

  • 12 May 2026
    Not My Lever

    The Last Container

Links out, with commentary.

  • 6 Sep 2026
    AI, tools and transformation — Benedict Evans ben-evans.com

    Bookmarked: AI, tools and transformation — Benedict Evans Do you want to work out how to deploy an LLM-enabled voice analytics tool in your call center? You’re …

  • 5 Sep 2026
    The Curiously Playable Universe contraptions.venkateshrao.com

    Bookmarked: The Curiously Playable Universe vgr back in action after the annual break. This was great. I hope to see a lot more writing from the world if only …

  • 5 Sep 2026
    Joaquin Rodrigo's "Toccata" performed by Hugo Moltó on a 2017 Fernando Moreno classical guitar youtube.com

    Bookmarked: Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Toccata” performed by Hugo Moltó on a 2017 Fernando Moreno classical guitar

  • 5 Sep 2026
    Why Transformers Need Positional Encoding For Time Series: A Visual Guide | Towards Data Science towardsdatascience.com

    Bookmarked: Why Transformers Need Positional Encoding For Time Series: A Visual Guide | Towards Data Science

  • 29 Aug 2026
    Writing with AI oreillyradar.substack.com

    Bookmarked: Writing with AI Interesting that the process is about the same everywhere. Judgement and taste matter a lot but can also be built up. “ I’m not …