im 22 from manila, philippines. i go to UC Berkeley for computer science. i build software, research, and ship products.
i've been building things for 7588 days.
Open — tldr
22-year-old from manila. berkeley cs student with 3.9 gpa. won yc hackathon, built profitable apps, interned at duolingo/adobe/p&g. currently at robolabs building memory aid apps. love shipping products that matter.
A few achievements
- (24) UC Berkeley Chancellor's Scholarship recipient
- (16) Made 30k+ from ecommerce and sneaker bots at 16
- (25) 1st place at Y Combinator Hackathon (judged by Jared Friedman YC, Bill Chen OpenAI & Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch) + won 7 hackathons
- (25) $2k+ MRR with zigsaw.dev
- (19) Contributed to Dolphin emulator (2019) — premier emulator for Wii and GameCube, hacked a company worth 100B (Nintendo)
Current work & projects
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(25) Building memory aid app for dementia patients at
RoboLabs — iOS & Android
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(25) Generate studio-grade short form video ads with AI at
Zigsaw — won
YC hackathon 1st place
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Recent internships
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(25) Built AI tool rating credit transferability across 3,000+ U.S. institutions at
DegreeSight
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(24) Implemented personalized content delivery for Stories at
Duolingo — AI-driven recommendations
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(23) Built API middleware syncing test results to analytics dashboards at
Adobe
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(22) Data engineer at
Procter & Gamble — designed solutions tracking supply chain KPIs
Previous Ventures
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(24) Describe automations in natural language at
Flow Studio — builds workflows across Notion, Slack, Gmail
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(23) Real-time paper trading for stocks, ETFs, crypto at
SimuTrader — AI portfolio analysis & forecasting
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(22-23) Turning trash into cash at
Proper Bones — vintage furniture side hustle
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(22) 45k+ radio stations worldwide at
Roam‑FM, because Spotify gets boring
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(22) NFTs but make them warships at
Seven Seas — Web3 meets naval strategy
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(21-22) SAT prep platform that actually worked at
PrepAlchemy — sold to students nationwide
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(21) AI that generates teddy bear designs at
Build-a-Bear AI — my first ML project
Open — how i started
i started selling toys in elementary school, moved to coding mini games, and have been building ever since. i love turning simple ideas into working products.
Open — my goal
build durable software companies with small teams by obsessing over distribution, ux, and fast iteration.
Open — motivations
learning fast, shipping, and helping people use software to do more with less.
i'm hard on myself because i'm always chasing the next target. if i ever stop growing, it means my best days are behind me. the process is rough but i thrive in it.
Open — where i see myself in 5+ years
running a profitable AI company with a small, elite team. building tools that make developers 10x more productive. maybe living between berkeley and manila.
if you scrolled this far go ahead and play doom :)
embedded an emulator here just for you
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