Shloak Rathod

Since 2021, age 16, I've published research at an IEEE conference, won prizes at UPenn & UMich hackathons (participating underage), and founded a startup generating high five-figure revenues, leading a team far older than me. In 2023, I moved from Mumbai to LA to study CS, Math, and Econ at UCLA. In 2024, I won 2nd overall at TreeHacks for jailbreaking the Apple Vision Pro just two weeks after its launch—winning ~$15k and 400k+ views. Later that year, I won three prizes at HackMIT and CalHacks for building satellite-connected TinyML systems and parallel GPU processing on iPhones. I then joined The Interaction Company of California, commuting weekly between LA and Palo Alto. Currently, I'm building Astra to automate knowledge work for old school industries, starting with jewelry.

Love 🕺🌇 house music, 🌍 travelling, 🎮⚽ FIFA, podcasts, and essays.

📍 Mumbai, Palo Alto, and now Los Angeles.