Rahim Iqbal
I'm a forward-deployed engineer, product builder, and researcher. I work from ambiguous customer problems through deployed systems. I've built products at Amazon, Tesla, Paradigm Hyperloop, and Rolu Labs, with support from Worldcoin Foundation and DLI Ventures. Lately, I've been thinking about AI-assisted science and why the next five years may produce more mathematical breakthroughs than all previous years combined.
About me
My background mixes client-facing product work, hardware engineering, robotics, physics, and a long-running curiosity about intelligence. I'm drawn to problems where the path from an operating constraint to a useful system is not obvious.
Read how I approached four forward-deployed product engagements at Rolu Labs.
I usually have tabs open on black holes (Kerr geometry), BCI research, and small internet products. Outside of work, I'm thinking about building communities and skiing.
Projects
Thoughts and ideas
Stop Fumbling Conjectures
A framework for generating better questions, not just better answers.
Finding What’s Missing
Why language models can be useful for hardware security when the real problem is noticing what is absent.
The Verification Bottleneck
Why better language models could improve non-invasive brain-computer interfaces through verification.
Aggregation Theory
Why aggregators win digital markets by owning demand rather than controlling supply.
Pace Layers
A lens for how durable systems evolve at different speeds and stay resilient through that mismatch.
A from scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python
A clear, from-first-principles walk through Bitcoin by implementing the core ideas in Python.
How to Understand Things
A thoughtful guide to building real understanding through models, compression, and prediction.
Putting Ideas into Words
Writing as a way to discover what you actually think by forcing vague intuitions into clear language.