1st place
July 2026
Sightline
Seattle AI and Data Hackathon
An AI assistant built into Onshape that reads the live CAD document (parts, features, assemblies and mates) before it answers, instead of relying on a user's written description.
Onshape API
Computer Vision
Speech-to-Text
Mesh-to-CAD
Input
Camera and voice from a phone, an iOS app and Meta glasses. A mesh-to-CAD pipeline turns an uploaded 3D scan into an editable parametric feature tree.
Trust layer
Every proposed change is shown before it applies, capped in scope, checked against fresh model state, and logged in a signed, user-scoped audit trail.
Shipped
A working private beta with 304 automated tests passing.
My role
Co-led the architecture and pitch strategy with one partner.
1st of 40+ teams
Feb 2026
Bin Sentinel
AISC Hackathon (Future Track), plus Best Use of AI at Startupthon
A real-time recycling classifier. COCO-SSD finds the object, then Claude looks at the image and decides which bin it goes in. A RAG pipeline embeds recycling-facility rules from 4 US cities, and the design works for any city.
Led team strategy and the product roadmap.
TensorFlow.js
Claude
ChromaDB
LangChain
Python
2nd place
Apr 2026
Outreach.AI
Hack for Social Impact x WIT Regatta 2026
Nonprofits type one sentence and get a full outreach kit back: social posts, flyers, SMS and QR codes. It's voice-trained on each org's own materials, on a Firebase backend with the Gemini API.
Led product scoping from user research with real nonprofits.
React
Firebase
Gemini API
RAG
Codex
3rd place
2024
acadAI
Leaner Startups AI Hackathon
Builds a personal 4-year academic plan for each student. It's aimed at the 17M+ US college students who don't get enough help from academic advisors. Next up: course scheduling, internship matching and degree audits.
Led the team from idea to a live investor pitch.
Python
React
FastAPI
LLM Integration
