I’m currently taking a gap year and building LLMarena.ai (simplifying AI model comparisons), 1600.lol (modernizing SAT prep), and Veo3gen.app (making Veo3 video generation cheaper).
A few months ago, I had applied to U.S. universities, and was waitlisted at Columbia, but rejected everywhere else. This was mostly due to me procrastinating on my applications till last minute. I hope to do better this year.
Previously, I was at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School, built Watch-Out (an AI-powered earthquake safety project moving toward a patent), and created countless.dev, a tool with 40k+ users exploring AI models. I’ve interned at HyperbeeAI (working on LLM routing, fine-tuning, and local models) and Koç University (blockchain/cryptography research).
Some things I’m interested in:
- What should I be doing right now to be the person who creates the next Microsoft/Google?
- Consumer apps
- Tech for disaster prevention and climate resilience
- Writing
My long-term ambition is to make humanity an interplanetary species. It's obviously important, and most people don't seem to care, so let's make it happen!
My DMs are open. Not working with other brilliant people is such an obvious dilemma which I haven't overcame yet. Whatever it is about, feel free to reach out!