PROVEN
Co-founder and Operator. AI personalization that learns what works for each person and improves with every interaction—not a static quiz. Started with skincare, expanded to other categories, scaled to $150M+. YC W18, 2 patents, MIT AI Idol.
Noteworthy
AI fragrance personalization, same thesis as PROVEN.
Durin
Market intelligence infrastructure. Semantic grounding for preference data.
Pawgress
Family AI that knows when to step back. Exploring what happens when you don't optimize for engagement.
Lyra Health
Employee #28. Clinical ML for therapist matching. Joined at 18 people, left at 200+.
McKesson
Drug pricing and supply chain ML.
Early Apps and Games
- Camera360 — top-10 Android app, acquired
- Divine Might — top-10 MMORPG globally
- Cubicman — top-10 iOS game, acquired
Research
PhD at USC, postdoc at Stanford. World's largest peta-flop simulation on 163,840 cores. 10 papers, 2 PRL covers.
Research Areas
- Stronger and smarter materials — Sulfur-induced embrittlement in metals, Ni-Cu-P/CNT composite coatings
- Nanoscale structures for electronics — Stacking faults in GaAs nanowires, twin superlattice formation, exciton transport
- Clean energy with AI — ML-driven perovskite solar cell optimization, DeepSolar mapping