Karthik Mahalingam

I’m an engineering leader at Microsoft with 19+ years of experience building systems at scale, with a current focus on AI governance, AI compliance, evaluation, privacy, and reliable agent systems.
I lead engineering in Purview Data Lifecycle Management and spend a lot of time thinking about how compliance, safety, and governance requirements become real engineering systems, not just policy documents.
I’m most interested in connecting with people working on AI governance, AI compliance, agent evaluation, safety, evidence, controls, and production reliability.
If you’re building in this space and want to exchange ideas, compare approaches, or discuss practical challenges, I’d be glad to talk.