Agentic Engineering
Turn an Enterprise API Into an MCP Server
A concise guide to wrapping existing enterprise APIs so AI agents can discover and use them safely.
Vamshi Vangapally
Technical product leader building at the intersection of AI, fintech, and developer platforms.
Founder-operator with 15+ years taking products from early discovery and rapid prototypes through architecture, launch, monetization, and scale.
Staff engineer at SambaNova Systems. Previously founded BearTax (acquired), shipped at Fidelity Investments serving 23M users.
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Agentic Engineering
From Copilot to Agentic Engineer
A short guide to using AI coding tools with senior-engineer judgment: scope, review, verify, and ship.
Current apps
Flagship products
2026
Current
In progress
EconaAI
A decision-intelligence product for measuring AI value, modeling agent economics, prioritizing use cases, and connecting AI investments to business outcomes.
- Explores the operating model and economics behind enterprise AI adoption
- Connects agent ideas to cost, value, risk, and measurable business outcomes
Founder, product strategy, research, prototyping
2026
Current
In progress
PylonAI / AI Control Plane
An enterprise AI control-plane concept for registering, governing, observing, and managing agents across teams, tools, models, and workflows.
- Explores governance, observability, and lifecycle management for enterprise agents
- Turns AI agent sprawl into a manageable operating system
Product strategy, architecture, UX, prototyping
2026
Current
Launched
ReserveProof.com
A transparency and verification product for presenting digital-asset reserves, liabilities, and supporting evidence in a way stakeholders can understand.
- Turns reserve transparency into a readable trust experience
- Explores evidence, liabilities, attestations, and stakeholder communication
Founder, product strategy, trust experience, implementation
2026
Current
Launched
BasilTax.com
An AI-assisted tax workflow platform exploring document intake, structured extraction, tax research, preparer productivity, client Q&A, and audit-ready explanations.
- Built a tax-domain AI workflow from document intake to explainable outputs
- Explores deterministic tax logic alongside LLM-assisted extraction and Q&A
Founder, product strategy, tax-domain research, implementation
2026
Current
In progress
Snowflake Retail Decision App
A retail decision application that turns warehouse data into understandable recommendations across inventory, demand, pricing, store operations, and merchandising.
- Turns Snowflake retail data into operational recommendations
- Explores executive analytics, store workflows, and AI-assisted decision support
Product design, data experience, rapid prototyping
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