Prateek Singh
Researcher, builder, and storyteller.
Built gpudb — the first GPU SQL engine for Apple Silicon. Drops into any DuckDB session, beats multi-thread DuckDB on 9 of 10 TPC-H lineitem operations on an M4 Max.
Wrote The First Mind — a 20-chapter illustrated novel that tries to make learning what an LLM actually is genuinely fun. Five friends, one weekend hackathon, a year of late nights. Comic panels for every scene, audio narration in English and Hindi.
Also two small native Rust tools — Notepatra (a code editor for the AI era) and KAShot (a cross-platform screenshot tool). Both tiny native binaries — no Electron, no telemetry — both on the Projects page.
The throughline behind most of it: make AI genuinely accessible to everyone, for free, in their own language — whether that's a free course in English & Hindi or a story that teaches what an LLM actually is.
theaivibe.org publishes all of itOpen sourceFree to read
Teaching AI to everyone — for free
The same idea, two forms: free AI education in your own language. One teaches the skills, the other teaches the ideas — both in English & Hindi, both free forever.
Skill the Gap
Free · EN/HILearn AI. In your own language.
Free, browser-based AI education in English & Hindi — no app, no fee, free forever. Two short tracks, six lessons each, about ten minutes a day: AI ki ABCD (AI fundamentals + practical use) and Job-Ready Basics (digital skills + interview prep). An AI Lesson Helper answers from the lesson content in Hindi or English, with pathways for new starters, students, working professionals, and curious explorers.
Start learningThe First Mind
Live · Chapter 1 of 20A 20-chapter illustrated novel that teaches you what an LLM is — told as the story of five friends building one over a year. Bilingual EN/HI audio narration, comic-book panel art, an immersive per-page reader, free, no signup.
Start readingOpen-source projects
Three shipped, all in active development. Source on GitHub.
gpudb
GPU SQL extension for DuckDB — NVIDIA CUDA + Apple Silicon Metal. Beats multi-thread DuckDB on 9 of 10 TPC-H lineitem operations on M4 Max.
Notepatra
Code editor built for the AI era. Native C++/Rust, a tiny no-Electron binary, all 3 platforms. Local-first AI, no telemetry.
KAShot
Lightweight screenshot tool for every platform. Native Rust, no Electron, no telemetry, 9 annotation tools.
Currently shipping
- gpudb v0.2 — Metal hash-join sort-merge, MTLBuffer caching in the SQL extension, and the DuckDB Community Extensions PR #1898 merge that flips install to
INSTALL gpudb FROM community— one line, no manual download. - Podcast distribution — Apple Podcasts + Spotify submission for The First Mind audio narration. The iTunes-format RSS feed is built; just needs to land in the directories.
Get in touch
Open to collaboration on research, GPU systems, free AI education, or the stories.