Luke Farritor
I'm Building
DOGE Founding Eng and Vesuvius Challenge Winner
Bio
Luke Farritor is a young technical talent from the United States, currently working with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Before joining DOGE, he interned at SpaceX, where he contributed to the development of the Starship launch pad software. Luke gained international recognition for his work on the Vesuvius Challenge, where he used AI to decipher ancient scrolls, and he was supported by the Thiel Fellowship, which enabled him to pursue these projects.
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Srijon Sarkar
To research protein design for defining a VIP receptor antagonist for pancreatic cancer and for general career development too.
Vedanth Nath
Human Accelerator program for ambitious 13-19 year olds, focused on Emerging tech, made at scale.
Markus Strasser
A Biomedical search engine and ontology builder
Julie Vaughn
Explore solutions for menopause and measuring ovarian aging. Pivoted to work on rare diseases.
Robert Tolan
To establish a supply-side housing policy think tank in Ireland.
Keshav Sharma
AI models for multimodal input to accurate, error-free 3D CAD models for heavy industries
Yudhister Kumar
Changing the world with efficient, solid hydrogen storage, appeals to rationality, and cool physics. -- Tyler Cowen's words not mine
Nnaemeka nnadi
Phage Bank
Sehaj Pasricha
Moving to Bengaluru for exploring industrial infrastructure (especially manufacturing and energy industry) and building alternate environments for doing science and engineering. (Me and my two friends got it together)