Gautam Sikka

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Gautam Sikka is a software engineer at Google, where he works on information retrieval. Previously, he was a software engineer at Meta, optimizing recommendation systems for Instagram Reels, and a lead engineer for YouTube Playables and Stadia. He holds a Master’s in computer science from Rutgers University and specializes in machine learning infrastructure and large-scale system optimization.

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AI optimization: How we cut energy costs in social media recommendation systems

Your endless scrolling is an energy vacuum, but "lazy logging" and cutting useless data features are finally reining in AI’s massive carbon footprint.

By Gautam Sikka

Mar 20, 2026 9 mins

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