My Work Now:
- Founder of Berry, a 24/7 AI phone service for pre-teens and teens with an extreme focus on accountability.
- 100 million people will have access by 2035
- I've gotten grants from 1517 Fund, Cactus Capital, and Hume
- I am currently applying to more grants as a member of merge.club!
- Creating the future of education at Athena Edtech.
- On the Snap Council for Digital Well Being (1/18 Nationwide)
My Past Work:
- A brain tumor detection CNN-based AI model (article, video)
- NeuroHarmony, a program that plays music based off of your focus (article)
- NeurotechX Global Hackathon Winner. Won against engineers from UPenn, Oxford, etc. and adults with brainspace Youngest winners in NTX history.
- Worked alongside Meta & pitched an AI voice moderation system in Meta Quests to Meta Oversight Board Members (slides)
- Top 100/10,000 students in the Pivotal Essay Competition (essay)
- Consulting for Reverberation (do everything better with music)
Pictures of My Work:
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When I Have Free Time:
- Learning to learn
- Understanding metaphysics and consuming media that embraces it like Rick and Morty, The Good Place, Everything Everywhere All At Once, etc.
- Cooking Korean & Middle Eastern food & obsessed with fermentation!
- Creating music around neuroscience & music theory (I've played classical guitar for a decade). Here' some inspo from my Snoopy playlists!
- Photography, especially within nature or hikes.
- Volunteering as the VP of the Teen Advisory Board at Generation SERVE. We help facilitate teen-led & fundraising events and help run the non-profit (Who do we work with?)
Philosophies:
- Here are some quotes I live by.
- Here are some books I've read and am reading now!
- I value: curiosity, creativity, deep conversations, bias for action, kindness, and authentic enthusiasm.
Feel free to reach out to me at alex@alxmat.com or you can chat with me using one of the platforms below.