Co-Founder of Hyperic, building generalized autonomous drones of the future
a little about me:
- Started programming at 13 y/o by building Discord Bots, growing my first one to 50k+ DAU
- Organized an AI Chess Hackathon, gathering 200 people to train models to play chess in 36 hours
- Love hackathons, to date I’ve participated in ~60 and won over 20
I studied Software Engineering at the University of Waterloo, but recently left to work on Hyperic to solve autonomous flight
Drones are the most overlooked mediums in robotics, they’ve a lot of useful applications such as:
- Last-mile delivery
- Infrastructure inspection
- Search and rescue
- Environment monitoring
- Security and situational awareness
- AND SPACE EXPLORATION
Today drones are limited by operator bottlenecks and regulations in the real world. My goal is to build the autonomy layer that makes drones capable and easy to deploy at scale
A few of my notes
views/life:
- 2025 - yearly recap (check out 2023 and 2024 as well)
- My bets - opinions on current tokenomy
- Optimal Path - just do it rather than thinking about it
- Failure - everyone fails
technical:
- Unfolding Robotics - The Open Source Recipe for Teaching a Robot to Fold Your Clothes - really informative
- SmolVLA - fun paper
Life
For a long time, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I felt like I sucked at everything.
I lacked interest in school, and nothing really made me feel excited or motivated.
It all started with an interest in building Discord Bots. There was an obsession there that, to this day, I still don’t fully understand, but for some reason, that was all I wanted to do. I met James (Nero), a guy I knew through online forums, who taught me the basics of programming and helped me advance. Eventually, I got bored of bots and started going to hackathons because I found them fun. Through hackathons, I met people like Steven, who started off as mentors but eventually became lifelong friends, almost like brothers to me.
Ever since then, it has been a constant cycle of looking up to other people, admiring their work, and wanting to be like them. I don’t always know why I do it, but seeing someone put a lot of effort into something makes me want to work harder too. Skill is not something people are born with, it’s something that is built through obsession.
Against all odds, I found myself at the University of Waterloo. It was the most fun two years of my life. I wasn’t much of a student, but that part of my life showed me how much was truly possible. I internalized that I could do anything I put my mind to.
I accomplished a lot at Waterloo, though not in the normal sense. It wasn’t the projects, internships, or school. It was the friends I made, the fun I had, the late nights, the random adventures, and the memories that feel larger than life. The people I met and the moments we shared still exist, but life does not wait for anyone, and I knew what was next for me.
I still compare myself to others, it’s different now, now it pushes me. It gives me people to learn from and goals to move toward. Every person I admire becomes proof that it is possible to build something meaningful if I keep showing up.
Cars :)
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|---|---|
| Waterloo Winters | San Francisco Summers |
I love cars, to date the only cars I’ve owned are Miatas
There’s something about cars that just speaks to me, the fun of ripping through gears and being able to make your car truly your own.
I’ve modded my ND by installing a catback muffler and underglow I received for my birthday
I own:
- 2016 Miata (ND1)
- 1999 Miata (NB2)
Perhaps I’ll buy a NA soon