i want to build excavators, not shovels.
i want to make incremental improvements in research and technology feel like magic to users.
Current
- 01studying CS & International Relations @ Stanford+
- 02teaching machines @ stealth
- 03trying to do hard things physically, psychologically, and socially
Publications
- 01An Information Theoretic Perspective on Agentic System Design @ Hazy Research (submitted to ICLR 2026)+
- 04
Problems Solved
- 01built encoding of structural/geometric information in foundational model for brain MRIs @ STAI Lab Stanford+
- 02streamlined semiconductor design & verification processes @ Infineon
- 03gave language models memory before RAG existed & when context windows were short af
- 04engineered better encodings for fundraiser for one of the largest crowdfunding-platforms+
- 05integrated art with AI to help users better find, visualize, and share art @ Artue+
Past
- 01researched local/remote paradigms for complex agentic systems @ Hazy Research+
- 02helped out as venture fellow @ NEA (2025)
- 03built first RCS platform for text message marketing @ Beacon Text as part of Pear Garage (2023)
- 04optimized fundraiser goals for one of the largest crowdfunding-platforms (2024)+
- 05won CodeVsCovid19 Hackathon with AI to detect COVID-19 coughs (2021)
- -1deployed @ Cognition Factory (2020), Infineon (2021), Check24 (2022), Theros AI (2023), QuantCo (2024)