---
title: Sarthak Shrivastava — AI Consultant & Founder of Bitfumes
description: AI consultant helping teams ship LLM features and AI automation. Founder of Bitfumes, Docker Captain, AWS certified.
url: https://sarthaksavvy.com
updated: 2026-08-20
---

# Sarthak Shrivastava — AI Consultant, Founder of Bitfumes

Sarthak Shrivastava is an AI consultant, software engineer and educator based in India. He is the founder of Bitfumes, a Docker Captain, and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect who helps teams take large language model features from prototype to production.

## Summary

Sarthak Shrivastava — known online as sarthaksavvy — has spent more than ten years building and shipping software, and now works with teams on LLM features, AI automation and the path to production. He founded Bitfumes, works as a software engineer at Pfizer, was named a Docker Captain in December 2023, and holds the AWS Certified Solutions Architect and AWS Certified Developer certifications. He has taught over 100,000 students on Udemy and publishes on YouTube, hosts the Laravel India Podcast, and speaks at conferences on AI agents, LLM function calling, Laravel and Docker.

## Key facts (as of August 2026)

- **156K+** — YouTube subscribers (Across the Bitfumes and sarthaksavvy channels.)
- **100K+** — Students taught on Udemy
- **3,000+** — Positive course reviews
- **10+ years** — Building and shipping software
- **12+** — Laravel India Podcast episodes
- **6** — Conference and meetup talks listed on this site

## Roles

- **AI Consultant** — Independent — LLM features, AI automation and production readiness.
- **Founder** — Bitfumes, a developer education company and YouTube channel.
- **Software Engineer** — Pfizer.
- **Content Creator** — YouTube, Udemy and the Laravel India Podcast.

## Credentials

- **Docker Captain** — Awarded December 2023 by Docker for community contribution.
- **AWS Certified Solutions Architect** — Amazon Web Services certification.
- **AWS Certified Developer** — Amazon Web Services certification.

## Areas of expertise

- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- AI agents and function calling
- AI automation of everyday workflows
- Prompt engineering
- Laravel and PHP
- JavaScript and Next.js
- Python
- AWS cloud architecture
- Docker and containers
- DevOps and deployment
- Full-stack development
- Developer education

## Where to go next

- [AI consulting](https://sarthaksavvy.com/ai-consulting) — how Sarthak Shrivastava works with teams on LLM features and AI automation.
- [About](https://sarthaksavvy.com/about-me) — background, roles and credentials in full.
- [Side projects](https://sarthaksavvy.com/side-projects) — the AI products he has shipped.
- [Public speaking](https://sarthaksavvy.com/public-speaking) — conference and meetup talks.
- [Podcasts](https://sarthaksavvy.com/podcasts) — the Laravel India Podcast.
- [FAQ](https://sarthaksavvy.com/faq) — direct answers to the most common questions.

## Contact

- Email: hello@sarthaksavvy.com
- Book a call: https://cal.com/sarthaksavvy
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sarthaksavvy
- GitHub: https://github.com/sarthaksavvy
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/sarthaksavvy
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@sarthaksavvy
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/sarthaksavvy
- Bitfumes: https://bitfumes.com
- Courses: https://courses.sarthaksavvy.com/