openfolie.
An independent student research collective exploring AI safety and emergent systems.
For curiosity. For humanity.
WHO WE ARE
Independent by design.
openfolie is a student-led research collective from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology.
We work independently—no funding, no institutional backing—allowing us to pursue questions without external pressure or incentives.
OUR TEAM
The builders.
Saurya Gur
Founder & Director
Aargh Rai
Technical Lead
Sanjam Wadhwa
Research Director
Apoorv Singhal
Head of Simulation
Dhruv Srivastava
Head of Operations
Harbaksh Singh Baath
Program Lead
Shaurya Gupta
Head of AI Research
Aayush Bindal
Founding Member
Manan Kapoor
Founding Member
Aditya Kumar
Founding Member
Shaurya Garg
Founding Member
Atreya Bhatt
Founding Member
Himanish Puri
Founding Member
TESTIMONIALS
WHAT WE BELIEVE
AI risk will emerge from interacting systems, not a single model. We treat modularity, agents, and system composition as core safety problems—not edge cases.
— The core thesis of openfolie
WHAT WE DO
We run small, empirical experiments on open-weight models.
Join the
collective.
We are actively looking for researchers, builders, and early collaborators. If you’re interested, reach out or follow our work.
Researchers
Empirical experimenters
Builders
Engineers & developers