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Ayan Sarkar

Chief Technology & AI Officer · Co‑Founder, Webskitters

Ayan Sarkar writes The Practical CTO — practical analysis of enterprise AI, technology architecture and leadership for CTOs, founders and boards. He co-founded Webskitters in 2010 and today leads its technology and AI direction, working where business ambition, architecture and artificial intelligence meet.

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Ayan Sarkar, Chief Technology & AI Officer, at his desk at the Webskitters office

CO-FOUNDED

Webskitters, 2010

ROLE

Chief Technology & AI Officer

FOCUS

Enterprise AI · Architecture · Leadership

RECOGNITION

Webskitters in the Forbes India | D Globalist DGEMS Select 200 (2025)

ARTICLES BY AYAN

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Agentic AI

November 2026

Multi Agent Systems for reliable QA agents

Build agentic QA with Multi Agent Systems: wire LLMs to browser automation, minimise failing tests, capture state, and de-flake with golden traces.
Technology Leadership

November 2026

AI-powered cyberattacks: a 90‑day CTO plan

A 90‑day CTO plan to prepare for AI-powered cyberattacks: identity, segmentation, AI-aware detection, code-signing, and IR rehearsals.
Architecture & Modernisation

November 2026

Marvell Lumentum merger: de-risk 1.6T

The Marvell Lumentum merger tightens AI connectivity supply. Here’s a practical plan to de-risk 800G/1.6T rollouts with multi-sourcing and interop tests.
Enterprise AI

November 2026

AI Strategy for Enterprises: Siting Risk

AI Strategy for Enterprises now includes siting risk. Add energy, water and carbon SLOs, curtailment clauses and fallback capacity to keep roadmaps on…
Technology Leadership

November 2026

AI-assisted code governance, the Linux way

A 30‑day AI-assisted code governance rollout: disclose AI in commits, capture provenance, tighten reviews, and block bulk patch drops.
Architecture & Modernisation

November 2026

Samsung advanced packaging: your 2027 plan

Samsung advanced packaging focus in Japan signals supply moves. Here’s how to rebalance 2027 AI hardware: dual-qual, pre-book capacity, extend buffers.
Agentic AI

November 2026

Enterprise AI Agents: LLM‑aware defences

Malware now uses LLMs to triage victims. Ship LLM‑aware defences for Enterprise AI Agents: egress allowlists, model‑load blocks, and canary traps.
Generative AI & LLMs

November 2026

Claude Code restrictions: hedge your delivery

Claude Code restrictions broke reverse‑engineering tasks. Here’s how to audit, set compliant boundaries, and add fallbacks so safety shifts don’t stall…
Generative AI & LLMs

October 2026

Private LLM for Enterprise: Mistral Large 4

A 48‑hour, practical playbook to evaluate and self‑host Mistral Large 4 as a Private LLM for Enterprise: VRAM targets, quantisation, serving, and risks.
Technology Leadership

October 2026

OpenAI funding target cut: your next moves

OpenAI funding target cut: what it means for capacity, pricing and your 2025–27 AI plan, plus a vendor, procurement and architecture checklist.

ABOUT AYAN

Technology leadership with a business perspective.

Ayan co-founded Webskitters in 2010 and leads its technology and AI direction. As Chief Technology & AI Officer he brings technology strategy and artificial intelligence into one conversation: which capabilities a business should build, where intelligence can genuinely improve how it operates, and how leaders should decide.

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