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Founder & AI Automation Strategist at Agentyug
About the Author
Akansh is the founder of Agentyug, an AI automation and agent development agency. He has spent the past 5+ years building AI-powered systems for businesses across SaaS, e-commerce, and professional services - work that spans everything from simple no-code workflow automations to custom multi-agent architectures deployed in production environments.
His path into AI automation started with a frustration familiar to anyone who's worked inside a growing agency: talented people spending the majority of their time on work that software could handle better. Reporting that takes three hours and is already outdated by the time it's sent. Onboarding processes that live in someone's head and break whenever that person is on holiday. Lead qualification that happens days after the lead has already gone cold.
He started building automations to solve those problems - first for his own work, then for clients. What became clear quickly is that the technology was never the hard part. The hard part was understanding which workflows to automate, in what order, and how to measure whether it was working. Agentyug was founded to help agencies get that right: not just delivering the automation, but the strategy and measurement that makes it worth building.
Akansh writes about what he actually does: real tools, real implementations, real ROI numbers. His writing covers AI workflow automation, agent development, automation ROI, and how agencies should think about building AI infrastructure as a competitive asset. He is based in Denver, CO and is reachable on LinkedIn or via Agentyug's contact page.
Expertise & Credentials
Building AI systems for businesses
n8n, Make, custom Python agents
LangChain, CrewAI, custom frameworks
Search and answer engine optimisation
Writing
Practical, no-fluff guides based on real implementations.
Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, Zapier, n8n, Make, Clay, and Apollo compared. Where each tool wins and how to pick the right stack.
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Work with Akansh
Akansh and the Agentyug team build the automations and AI systems described in these posts - for your specific workflows, tools, and team size.
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