About Me

I get genuinely excited about messy data.

Atharva Badhe
70% Faster analysis at Wavess.io
3+ Years in production ML
2 Companies shaped by my systems

The short version

I'm a data scientist who gets genuinely excited about turning messy data into systems that make businesses smarter. Not "interesting academically" excited — actually building things that change how a business operates excited.

At Wavess.io, I built competitive intelligence dashboards that cut their analysis time by 70%. That experience taught me something crucial: the best data science isn't about fancy algorithms — it's about understanding what the business actually needs and delivering it fast.

Now at LIFO AI, I built inventory prediction systems that help restaurants reduce food waste. Every project reinforces the same lesson: data is only valuable when it drives decisions.

"Data is only valuable when it drives decisions."

Why work with me?

01
Senior thinking, no markup

You get strategic-level expertise without the consultancy overhead — or the junior analyst who got handed your project.

02
Startup speed

I move at the pace your business needs — not at the pace of a 6-week discovery phase and a 40-page requirements doc.

03
Production obsessed

I've seen too many ML projects die in Jupyter notebooks. Everything I build is designed to live in production, not just demos.

04
Direct line to me

You work with me, not a team of strangers. I know your context, your constraints, and your goals — personally.

Experience

Freelance Data Scientist
Independent Apr 2026 – Present

AI chatbots, analytics dashboards, and predictive models for startups and growth-stage companies across SaaS, e-commerce, and F&B.

AI Engineer
LIFO AI Nov 2025 - Mar 2026

Built inventory prediction ML systems for restaurant chains, reducing food waste through demand forecasting and automated purchasing recommendations.

Data Scientist
Wavess.io July 2025 - Oct 2025

Designed and shipped competitive intelligence dashboards that reduced analysis time by 70%. Owned the full data pipeline from ingestion to visualization.

Technical Skills

Python / Pandas / NumPyExpert
Machine Learning (scikit-learn, XGBoost)Expert
LLMs / LangChain / RAGAdvanced
SQL / PostgreSQLExpert
Power BI / TableauAdvanced
Deep Learning (PyTorch)Intermediate
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