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Arsh Shah Dilbagi

Arsh Shah Dilbagi is an AI product builder whose early work joined assistive communication and robotics. He developed TALK, a breath-to-speech device, and won Google Science Fair's Voter's Choice Award in 2014; in August 2015, he exhibited his robot dog CLUMSY at the Presidential Residence in New Delhi, and TALK received a third award in embedded systems at Intel ISEF. He founded Zage, a pay-by-bank rewards startup, in 2020; it joined Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch, when he was a Princeton senior in Operations Research and Financial Engineering with machine-learning experience at Apple and investment work at Bridgewater. In June 2025, he made Adaline's AI application platform generally available and coauthored Agents' Last Exam in June 2026. As of October 2026, he is an Adaline co-founder developing tools for AI agents.

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Timeline

  1. 2014

    TALK turns breath into speech

    In 2014, he develops TALK, an augmentative and alternative communication device that maps breath patterns to Morse code and synthesizes them as speech. The project wins Google Science Fair's Voter's Choice Award.

  2. 2015

    A third award for TALK

    In 2015, TALK receives a third award in embedded systems at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

  3. August 2015

    CLUMSY at the Presidential Residence

    In August 2015, he exhibits CLUMSY, a quadruped robot dog with 16 servo motors, at the Science and Innovation Museum in the Presidential Residence in New Delhi.

  4. 2020–2021

    Founding Zage

    He founds Zage in 2020, a fintech startup that offers pay-by-bank rewards; the company enters Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch.

  5. 2021

    Princeton and industry roles

    In 2021, he is a Princeton senior in Operations Research and Financial Engineering; his experience includes machine-learning engineering at Apple and investment work at Bridgewater.

  6. June 2025

    Adaline opens its platform

    In June 2025, he makes Adaline generally available as a platform for iterating, evaluating, deploying, and monitoring prompts and AI applications.

  7. June 2026

    Benchmarking long-horizon agents

    In June 2026, he coauthors Agents' Last Exam, a benchmark for AI agents on long-horizon, economically valuable real-world tasks across non-physical industries.

  8. As of October 2026

    Building Adaline's agent tools

    As of October 2026, he is an Adaline co-founder developing AI-agent tooling built around evaluation, deployment, and production data.

Career

  1. NowAdalineCo-founder
  2. From 2020ZageFounder

Education

  1. 2021Princeton UniversitySenior in Operations Research and Financial Engineering

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Most-cited works

  1. Agents' Last Exam2026 · 0 citationsWith Alan L. Yuille

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

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  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 3% to 32%Includes Apple. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 3% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  3. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Apple. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.
  4. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 111 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Princeton University. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 111 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.

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  1. Teen scientist's revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless pbs.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Interview With Arsh Shah Dilbagi, The 16 Year Old From Panipat Who Invented 'TALK' which Turns Breath Into Words indianweb2.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Intel ISEF 2015 Grand Award Winners societyforscience.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Panipat boy honoured at US science fiesta tribuneindia.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. #childrenofblubworld - Arsh Shah Dilbag blubworld.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. Zage: Pay by bank and earn rewards ycombinator.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. Arsh Shah Dilbagi policypunchline.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  8. Adaline is now generally available. Giving $1MM in API credits. adaline.ai. Checked 18 October 2026.
  9. Agents' Last Exam arxiv.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  10. The Self-Improving Agent adaline.ai. Checked 18 October 2026.