Outside work: soccer, guitar, travel, and bringing people together over food.
At Duke, 2025.
Things I've built
Bern
Founder & CEO 2024–2026
I wanted to help kids learn without another screen. We built a talking stuffed animal for language learning and tested it with 1,000+ beta testers. The biggest lesson came from parents: they wanted a clear purpose they could trust, which led us from open-ended conversation to language learning.
I saw talented soccer players who couldn't afford shoes. I designed and manufactured affordable soccer shoes, raising $5,000 and reaching 450+ players through 20+ NGOs and schools. I learned that an affordable product still needs to be something people want to wear.
Tambav
Co-founder · India 2020–2023
As lockdown shifted spending toward people's homes, we built a copperware and décor business selling across India, the UK, and the US. It grew to $300,000+ in revenue, with much of our selling happening through WhatsApp. My takeaway: timing and direct customer relationships mattered as much as the product.
Work with teams
Rely Health
GTM & Product Intern June–August 2026
Rely needed a way to find customers beyond warm introductions. I built a conversational research tool that saved findings in HubSpot and surfaced 1,510+ high-fit leads. Conversations with account executives shaped the tool around how they actually researched and qualified companies.
The pipeline screen from my HTML design prototype.
Zamp
Founder's Office Intern June–July 2025
I wanted to understand where team information was getting lost. After interviewing 10+ stakeholders, I designed an internal AI tool to bring context from Notion, Slack, and Linear together. Those interviews shaped the design.
A mix of personal tools, prototypes, and engineering projects.
Personal OS
Personal tool
I built a system to keep priorities, decisions, and open tasks in context I can read and correct. The key lesson: remembering something is only useful if the system can also recognize when it's wrong.
The structure behind Personal OS.
FindTime
iMessage prototype
A prototype for finding open time in your calendar and drafting a meeting message without leaving iMessage.
Tryb
Campus marketplace prototype
I wanted a smaller, curated way to resell clothes at Duke. I built a prototype for joining the community, submitting pieces, and browsing approved clothing drops.
The membership screen from my Tryb prototype.
FounderVoice
Writing prototype
A prototype that turns three spoken stories into LinkedIn drafts, with a chance to review and edit before using them.
BenchScout
Research prototype
Murky Outreach
Past collaboration · Prototype
I collaborated on tools for customer-discovery outreach: contact research, drafts, and follow-ups. Built and tested offline.
Battery monitoring
IIT Delhi research internship Summer 2024
At IIT Delhi, I worked on detecting battery overheating in hot climates. I designed temperature-sensing hardware and a real-time calibration loop, then tested it across battery charge states.
Delivery drone
Real World Design Challenge 2021–2022
I co-led our team's delivery-drone proposal, focusing on the business plan, warehouse operations, and logistics. Our C-25 “Sigma” design placed first nationally and internationally in the Real World Design Challenge.
MacCoy and I bring 10–15 people from different fields together over food. Phones away, with a mix of familiar faces and new people.
Founder dinners
Duke & beyond
I host dinners connecting founders and investors across AI, biotech, manufacturing, and other fields. The community has grown to 70+ founders and 10+ investors.
FIRST Robotics · Team Athena
Team 8868 · India · 2022
I led Team Athena's eight-person team at the Midwest Regionals in Chicago, where we won the Rookie All Star Award. I worked on robot construction and fundraising, alongside STEM outreach with underserved students and NGOs.
I play recreational and intramural soccer, play guitar, and enjoy traveling. I grew up in a joint family, and spending time with people is still a big part of my life.