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it started small. a grade 8 school trip from dubai to cern, and a bubble chamber full of spirals.

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chapter 1 · fold

complex systems are just simple folds in the right order.

that's how i think about software. one crease, then the next. get the order right and a flat square turns into a crane.

i started origami at 5. when i leave a place, my teammates get a handmade crane with a note inside.

chapter 2 · light

the sky does gradients better than any designer.

7+ years of art. pencil, acrylics, palette knife, watercolor, and posters for causes i care about. i still design in figma like i'm holding a brush.

these planets will wear my own acrylic paintings.

chapter 3 · sound

music is just math that learned to feel.

6 years in a professional choir. learning guitar. a soft spot for karaoke, no matter who is listening.

shipped2024

MoodMelody.AI

mood-based background music for short videos, from your face and your words.

  • ★ 3rd worldwide of 4,453, tiktok techjam
  • presented at harvard wecode
recording coming soon

press play when it's here. it never plays on its own.

with growthjust saving
after 20 years
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for fun, not financial advice.

chapter 4 · gravity

small, steady pulls win the long game.

compound growth is just gravity with patience. money, skills, teams: same curve.

what i believe

  1. 01a confident wrong answer is worse than no answer.
  2. 02art and tech are better together, especially when someone actually needs it.
  3. 03good robots shouldn't cost more than dinner.

the long game

build a company with real customers, hire a great team, take it all the way to ipo or acquisition. then do it again.

[ASSET: painting texture] under the foil. outlines: natural earth, public domain.

chapter 5 · pale blue dot

places i've been.

a nod to carl sagan. the foil scratches off country by country, in the order i went.

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goal: 7 continents by 25.

chapter 6 · the observatory

every project is a constellation. the wins burn gold.

7 wins across 14 hackathons, and a few things that are still being built.

  • tiktok techjam3rd worldwide of 4,453
  • nucor annual ai agents hackathon1st
  • ai atlrunner-up, PrizePicks track
  • mhacksbest cybersecurity hack
  • shellhackswin

showing 11 projects

shipped2024

MoodMelody.AI

mood-based background music for short videos, from your face and your words.

  • ★ 3rd worldwide of 4,453, tiktok techjam
  • presented at harvard wecode
shipped2025

Baymax at Nucor

an agentic ai safety hub for steel mills. 1st at nucor's annual ai agents hackathon.

  • ★ 1st, nucor annual ai agents hackathon
shipped2025

Extractify

pulls structured insights out of messy, unstructured content. built with asapp in the break through tech ai fellowship.

chapter 7 · the signal

ask me anything. a signal goes out, an answer comes back.

div's bot is still being wired up. until it's live, send a real signal.

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hi, i'm div.

like the ones from html </div>

div builds platforms, apps and odd little universes. shipyard, revy, moodmelody.ai, and a lot of folded paper.

it started small. a grade 8 school trip from dubai to cern, and a bubble chamber full of spirals.

how i think

  • fold

    that's how i think about software. one crease, then the next. get the order right and a flat square turns into a crane.

    i started origami at 5. when i leave a place, my teammates get a handmade crane with a note inside.

  • light

    7+ years of art. pencil, acrylics, palette knife, watercolor, and posters for causes i care about. i still design in figma like i'm holding a brush.

    these planets will wear my own acrylic paintings.

  • sound

    6 years in a professional choir. learning guitar. a soft spot for karaoke, no matter who is listening.

    press play when it's here. it never plays on its own.

work · 11 projects

shipped2024

MoodMelody.AI

mood-based background music for short videos, from your face and your words.

  • ★ 3rd worldwide of 4,453, tiktok techjam
  • presented at harvard wecode
shipped2025

Baymax at Nucor

an agentic ai safety hub for steel mills. 1st at nucor's annual ai agents hackathon.

  • ★ 1st, nucor annual ai agents hackathon
shipped2025

Extractify

pulls structured insights out of messy, unstructured content. built with asapp in the break through tech ai fellowship.

wins · 7 of 14 hackathons

  • TikTok TechJam3rd worldwide of 4,453 · 2024
  • Nucor annual AI agents hackathon1st · 2025
  • AI ATLrunner-up, PrizePicks track
  • MHacksbest cybersecurity hack · 2023
  • ShellHackswin

beliefs

  1. 01a confident wrong answer is worse than no answer.
  2. 02art and tech are better together, especially when someone actually needs it.
  3. 03good robots shouldn't cost more than dinner.

build a company with real customers, hire a great team, take it all the way to ipo or acquisition. then do it again.

places · 4 countries, 8 cities, 3 continents

  • Chennai
  • Dubai
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Geneva
  • East Lansing
  • New York City
  • San Jose
  • Cambridge

goal: 7 continents by 25.