devesh khilnani

founder @ xyla engineering inc.

building what keeps people alive against mother nature’s will.

// now

card gamesplaying since i was seven. up high five figures at the table. there’s one to your right.

tkd2x state winner, national competitor, instructor.

exploring20 us states, 6 countries, and counting. often with nothing but a tent and a sleeping bag. i lovingly call it homelessmaxxing.

the future of engineering looks like the past billion years of evolution.

innovation outpaces mortal instincts.

food is the foundation layer of civilization.

x linkedin xyla

you 500 bot 500 pot 0

// click to play

// pick your game

// past

14started a bio undergrad at fourteen. after a break, back at duke for bme.

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thengot lost in an airport, so i built an ar/vr nav startup.

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thenmoved to hardware. raised $500k for a bme lab.

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16nasa. r&d on the artemis iii murep agriculture effort.

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thenwrote my own proposal, nasa funded it, kept the ip and left to build faster.

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nowxyla. backed by some amazing people.