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What Tarkika is

One company, four ways to learn.

01 · Press

Books, one subject at a time.

Decide, Don't Generate, on the decision layer of agentic AI, is the first. More are in the works for 2027.

02 · Essays

A letter every Sunday.

One essay a week on building AI that reasons, with the code. Free, on the blog or in your inbox.

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03 · Cohorts

Learn it live.

Six weeks in a small group. You build one agent that decides, and ship it. The first cohort is forming.

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04 · Labs

For colleges and teams.

Workshops on campus, and training and AI builds for companies, held to the same standard.

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Overview
Book one · Out now

Decide, Don't Generate

Jev, System One Models, and the Decision Layer of Agentic AI

It’s 2:14 a.m. at Kestrel Logistics, and one analyst faces two hundred alerts. This book builds the night that goes differently: a model that scores every alert with an honest probability, thresholds drawn from what each mistake costs, and people who make the calls that matter. Act, review, escalate. Machines take the easy ends; people take the middle.

By Sridhar Mukkandi · 29 chapters in seven parts · Runnable labs · 130+ figures · No API key needed
An independent guide, not affiliated with TypeSafe AI.

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Building a company in the open.

What is done, what is running, and what comes next. Real numbers join this page as they are counted.

  1. DoneBook one is writtenDecide, Don't Generate. 29 chapters in seven parts. ISBN 979-8-17825-770-8.
  2. RunningThe first print runPaperback orders are open now, direct from us. Kindle and worldwide paperback on Amazon come next.
  3. RunningThe Sunday LetterOne essay every Sunday, free, with the code.
What readers say
“This is the chapter I sent to my whole team. We changed how our support bot answers the next week.”Engineering lead on LinkedIn
“Finally a book that treats ‘I don't know yet’ as a feature, not a failure.”Final-year student Amazon review
“Reads like a good teacher talking. The security case study alone was worth it.”Backend developer by email

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The same ideas, in sixty seconds.

Every essay becomes a short video on YouTube and Instagram, and a post on LinkedIn.

Instagram
REELWhy AI needs a referee
YouTube Shorts
NEWAgents that say “not yet”
LinkedIn
CLIPConfidence you can trust
Sridhar Mukkandi
Who's behind Tarkika

Written by an engineer who ships.

Sridhar Mukkandi is an applied AI engineer who builds agents and the decision systems behind them. He started Tarkika to write for engineers who want AI systems they can trust.

The Sunday Letter

Dear reader,

Every Sunday I send one essay about building AI that reasons: what worked, what failed, and the code. No noise, and you can leave any time.