Now:

• Engineering @ Uplimit: AI-powered learning platform. Series A backed by Salesforce Ventures. Engineer #5. Product & customer engineering.

Previously:

• Engineering @ FlowGPT: character AI + prompt engineering platform. Pre-series A startup backed by DCM + Goodwater -- raised $10m; early engineering hire on the team.
• Software engineering @ Coursera: Worked on foundational services powering the largest MOOC platform in the world
• Lead of engineering @ HackSC: ~IT support~ for the flagship hackathon @ USC w/ 1,000 participants / yr; led a technical team and built an open-source plug-and-play hackathon portal and full-stack platform

Alma mater: Computer Science @ USC

Cool stuff I hacked together:

• Shepherd: smart contracts auditing & pentesting with a multi-agent LLM system. Built with friends in a hackathon and won 2nd place in the cybersecurity track.
• tw: a fast terminal file & directory navigator
• Supernova: a fast and beautiful open-source todo list
• 2048-cli: ASCII-powered 2048 on the CLI, made on an airplane trip because bored
• type.vuvincent.com: I had 2hrs to spare so I made a typeracing game
• sharded-kv: I built a sharded KV store that's partition-tolerant with consistency as part of my distsys class. Learned a ton about how hard it is and the pain with that uses Paxos

In my free time I enjoy:

• Podcasts: I love takes about the current state of technology + human capabilities. Favorites are The Knowledge Project (personal motto) and Lenny's Podcast
• Reading the economy: I love studying economics, for it helps you explain the largest machine created by mankind i.e the economy. Recently, I'm bullish on companies that build enterprise infrastructure, and are eventually integrating AI into the enterprise to create massive value unlocks.
• Tennis: racket sports have been a passion ever since I was a kid
• Gaming: have been playing various FPS titles e.g Valorant and Apex Legends