Krishna founded REMUS Capital as an MIT undergraduate during the 2008 financial crisis, starting in a dorm room and basement rather than joining an existing fund, and operates as both investor and hands-on CEO when needed—having stepped into the CEO role at portfolio company Presto Automation to 4x its share price before transitioning to Chairman. He combines deep technical training with unusually broad intellectual pursuits, from chemistry research at the University of Chicago and Weizmann Institute to producing an English ancient history film used at Cambridge and Oxford, while maintaining a practice of exploring conflict zones like Nepal during civil war and Kashmir during unrest to deepen his understanding of complex real-world systems. Krishna founded REMUS Capital as an MIT undergraduate during the 2008 financial crisis, starting in a dorm room and basement rather than joining an existing fund, and operates as both investor and hands-on CEO when needed—having stepped into the CEO role at portfolio company Presto Automation to 4x its share price before transitioning to Chairman. He combines deep technical training with unusually broad intellectual pursuits, from chemistry research at the University of Chicago and Weizmann Institute to producing an English ancient history film used at Cambridge and Oxford, while maintaining a practice of exploring conflict zones like Nepal during civil war and Kashmir during unrest to deepen his understanding of complex real-world systems