I’m Vamsi Kurama. I build products and teams, and I care deeply about tools that feel calm, clear, and well-designed—software that helps people do meaningful work without fighting the tool itself.
I’m the founder & CEO of Plane. At its core, Plane is built from simple building blocks: a small set of primitives that teams can assemble into their own way of working. That idea—flexibility through clarity—shows up everywhere in how we build. Plane has grown to 40k+ GitHub stars and is used in very different environments, from space-tech teams pushing the frontier to the people running everyday city operations. Seeing how different teams use the same core building blocks keeps me grounded and curious.
My path into this started with web engineering. I learned what it takes to ship and maintain real products, then got pulled toward deeper layers of computing: compilers, cloud orchestration, and high-performance compute. Along the way I moved into machine perception and worked with deep neural networks. That experience left me with a lasting interest in turning powerful algorithms into reliable systems.
Even when I’m deep in infrastructure or architecture, I’m always thinking about design. Good software isn’t just correct; it’s legible. The best products have a quiet inevitability to them: the interface makes sense, the system behaves predictably, and the complexity stays in the right place. That blend of systems thinking and product taste is the thread that ties my work together.
Open source is a big part of why I’m here. I learned by reading other people’s code, shipping small pieces, and getting feedback in public. It shaped how I think about trust, ownership, and community, and it continues to influence how I build and lead.
When I’m not building Plane, I’m usually tinkering with side projects, writing, or reading.