Mehul Agarwal

Founder & product‑builder focused on multimodal generative AI: Mehul currently leads Koyal, a YC‑backed startup building an audio→video filmmaking platform that emphasizes personalization, multi‑character consistency, and secure identity personalization (CHARCHA). The product work includes pilots and paid collaborations with major music labels and production houses. mehul+2

Researcher and educator in multimodal machine learning: He served as lead TA/lecturer for CMU's Multimodal Machine Learning course (11-777), guiding masters and PhD student projects on multimodal representation, alignment and generation, and co‑authored work on secure personalized music‑to‑video generation. github+2

Startup technical leadership and product engineering experience: Prior to Koyal he co‑founded Retcon (CTO) — a generative ML platform for game assets — and held founding / product engineering roles at JazzX and SAI Group, combining model engineering with product and business development. vercel+2

Community builder and communicator: Beyond technical work he co‑founded one of the largest pandemic-era student communities (Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens) and has performed stand-up comedy — evidence of strengths in audience engagement, community growth, and public-facing communication. vice+1