Alex Mathew

Founder of Berry, An AI-powered plushie line for teens' mental health.
- 100 million people will have access by 2035
- My goal is to fill the gap for those who can't access therapy because of finances or stigma.
- Grant funded: 1517 Fund, Cactus Capital, Hume
- I am currently applying to more grants as a member of merge.club!
- Apart of Snap's Council for Digital Well Being.
Creating the future of education at Athena Edtech
Writing at Alex's Atlas. If you're curious about my journey and life philosophy, subscribe!

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)

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?)

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.