Aayam Bansal is an AI researcher and entrepreneur currently pursuing Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is the co-founder of InkVell, an AI-native LaTeX editor simplifying scientific writing. His research spans foundation models, NLP, and AI for public health, with 15+ papers published across ICML, IEEE, and ACL. He is a recipient of the Emergent Ventures grant and a SKOCH Award winner for his work on public-sector AI systems.