- Sophomore year — 3.93 UW, 4.36 W.
- Freshman year — 3.8 UW, 4.0 W.
- Founding engineer, Speko (YC S26) — building a router for voice models: one key, every model.
- Software engineer intern, Todd — building software at the frontier of AI for agriculture.
- CTO & co-founder, Cyntral.AI — bootstrapped, $5k MRR, actively working with automotive industry leaders.
- Fellow, Kylon — early user & design partner, sharing business feedback to help improve the product before launch.
- Hosted a nonprofit hackathon sponsored by Bambu Lab, Lovable & Alibaba AI Models — $80k+ in sponsorship value, 100 participants, 45+ hrs organizing.
- Contract software development — $15k+ in revenue; built optimized websites serving 50k+ monthly visits on Cloudflare & AWS.
- Shipped 3 apps to the App Store & Google Play — 1,000+ downloads across 70+ countries.
- Volunteer drummer, jazz band — played to thousands across cafés and retirement homes.
- 1st place — Bay Builders Hackathon @ AWS — Best Use of Nimbleway.
- 2nd place — Agents You Love Hackathon @ Frontier Tower.
- 2nd place — hackathon sponsored by Tuya Smart, Stanford & Berkeley — $3,000 prize.
- Open-source contributor @ Tuya (NYSE: TUYA).
- Open-source contributor @ Inkbox.ai (YC S26).
- Open-source contributor @ Insforge (YC P26).
- Open-source contributor @ Voquill (YC P26).
- Open-source contributor @ Nex.ai (YC S26).
I'm Ben Nisevich, the CTO & co-founder of Cyntral.AI — a builder, 3x hackathon winner, 4x YC open-source contributor, athlete and musician based in Campbell, California. I build software, ship products, and play the drums. I'm currently seeking internships at startups.
