# Arul Nigam

> Personal site for Arul Nigam, who builds AI safety tools at Circuit Breaker Labs and has experience across startups, semiconductors, defense technology, investing, operations, and research.

Arul Nigam is focused on AI safety, operator-led startups, defense technology, and applied research. The site is intentionally small: a homepage with biography and public links, plus a research page listing papers and projects.

## Core Pages

- [Meet Arul](https://www.arulnigam.com/): Biography, current work at Circuit Breaker Labs, previous work across space domain awareness, semiconductors, defense and intelligence applications, Georgetown leadership, and selected personal projects.
- [Arul's Research](https://www.arulnigam.com/research/): Research papers on early-stage defense technology startups, dual-use funding, fairness policy for algorithms, algorithmic bias in lending, and blockchain-based voting systems.

## Public Profiles

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arul-nigam/): Arul Nigam's professional profile.
- [Circuit Breaker Labs](https://www.circuitbreakerlabs.ai/): Current company building AI safety testing infrastructure.

## Research Topics

- Defense technology startups and dual-use funding
- AI safety and crash testing
- Algorithmic fairness and lending bias
- Blockchain-based voting systems
- Startup strategy, investing, and operations