{
  "name": "Kuber Mehta",
  "title": "AI Developer & Full Stack Engineer",
  "age": 19,
  "location": "New Delhi, India",
  "email": "kuberhob@gmail.com",
  "website": "https://kuber.studio",
  "github": "https://github.com/Kuberwastaken",
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kubermehta/",
  "blog": "https://kuber.studio/blog/",
  "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/@Kuberwastaken",
  "current_role": {
    "position": "Previously: Business Fellow @ Perplexity, AI Summer Resident @ Nas Daily (Dubai), AI Agents Websocket Framework LEAD Intern @ HTMX (thanks Twitter)",
    "education": "I'm studying Computer Science & AI from BITS Pilani and AI & Data Science from GGSIPU and building generative UI for LLMs @ [PolyThink](https://www.polyth.ink/)."
  },
  "education": [
    {
      "degree": "BSc Computer Science",
      "institution": "BITS Pilani",
      "status": "Current"
    },
    {
      "degree": "BTech AI & Data Science",
      "institution": "Indraprastha University (GGSIPU)",
      "status": "Current"
    }
  ],
  "skills": {
    "Languages": [
      {
        "name": "Python",
        "desc": "Versatile scripting & data science"
      },
      {
        "name": "C",
        "desc": "Low-level systems programming"
      },
      {
        "name": ".NET",
        "desc": "Modern object-oriented programming and enterprise development"
      },
      {
        "name": "C#",
        "desc": "Popular language for .NET and game development"
      },
      {
        "name": "Lua",
        "desc": "Lightweight scripting"
      },
      {
        "name": "JavaScript",
        "desc": "Web & full-stack development"
      },
      {
        "name": "TypeScript",
        "desc": "Type-safe JavaScript"
      },
      {
        "name": "R",
        "desc": "Statistical computing"
      },
      {
        "name": "HTML",
        "desc": "Web structure"
      },
      {
        "name": "CSS",
        "desc": "Web styling"
      },
      {
        "name": "SCSS",
        "desc": "Advanced CSS preprocessing"
      }
    ],
    "Frameworks": [
      {
        "name": "React",
        "desc": "Component-based UI library"
      },
      {
        "name": "Next.js",
        "desc": "Full-stack React framework"
      },
      {
        "name": "Flask",
        "desc": "Lightweight web framework"
      },
      {
        "name": "Node.js",
        "desc": "Server-side JavaScript runtime"
      },
      {
        "name": "TensorFlow",
        "desc": "Deep learning framework"
      },
      {
        "name": "PyTorch",
        "desc": "Machine learning framework"
      }
    ],
    "Tools": [
      {
        "name": "Git",
        "desc": "Version control system"
      },
      {
        "name": "SQL",
        "desc": "Database management"
      },
      {
        "name": "BigQuery",
        "desc": "Cloud data warehouse"
      },
      {
        "name": "Tableau",
        "desc": "Data visualization"
      },
      {
        "name": "LaTeX",
        "desc": "Document preparation"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gradio",
        "desc": "Machine learning interfaces"
      }
    ]
  },
  "featured_projects": [
    {
      "name": "Sweeta",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "Remove Watermarks from Sora 2 Video Generations with LaMA inpainting.\n\nReleased <72 hours after Sora 2 release",
      "github": "https://github.com/kuberwastaken/sweeta",
      "technologies": [
        "AI/ML",
        "LaMA",
        "Computer Vision",
        "Python"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "PolyThink",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "Building Generative UI for LLMs",
      "url": "https://www.polyth.ink/",
      "technologies": [
        "AI/ML",
        "Multi-agent AI",
        "LLMs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "TREAT",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "TREAT is an AI-powered platform for trigger recognition in movies and TV, making content more accessible and enjoyable.",
      "github": "https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/TREAT",
      "technologies": [
        "AI/ML"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Backdooms",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "One of the top HN Posts of 2025, [cited by an ex-NASA Scientist](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392716839_Encoding_Software_For_Perpetuity_A_Compact_Representation_Of_Apollo_11_Guidance_Code) on his independent research paper. \n\n A Game inspired by DOOM and the Backrooms inside a single QR code, less than 2.4kB in size, using a custom compression pipeline and the DecompressionStream browser API",
      "url": "https://kuber.studio/backdooms/",
      "github": "https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/backdooms",
      "technologies": [
        "Game Development",
        "QR Code",
        "JavaScript"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "MiniLMs",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "My ongoing study learning about AI Models architecturally and making fun little chatbots from it. \n\n Currently finished development of SYNEVA - a <3kb Markov Chain type Chatbot inspired by ELIZA that is actually fun to talk to and can tell how many r's are in strawberry (makes for some amazing X replies) and passively working on 15ABELLA, a 15Kb tiny Neural Network chatbot.",
      "url": "https://minilms.kuber.studio/",
      "github": "https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/MiniLMs",
      "technologies": [
        "AI/ML"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "SecondYou",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "Democratizing SLMs for the masses, one computer at a time",
      "url": "https://www.secondyou.app/"
    },
    {
      "name": "ThisWebsiteIsNotOnline",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "An AI powered website where every single URL you can think of exists.",
      "url": "https://www.thiswebsiteisnot.online/",
      "github": "https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/thiswebsiteisnotonline",
      "technologies": [
        "AI/ML",
        "Web Development"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "MEOW",
      "status": "Active",
      "description": "The most Purr-fect Image File Format for your AI workflows, PNG on steroids.",
      "github": "https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/meow",
      "technologies": [
        "AI/ML",
        "Computer Vision"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "achievements": [
    "Won Nothing Essential Lab S1 Hackathon — Awarded a Nothing Phone 3",
    "4th Place — Unsloth x AMD RL Hackathon at IIT Delhi",
    "First Place at Hack Club SiteJam",
    "Top 10 — Google x Kaggle Long Context AI Hackathon",
    "Perplexity AI Business Fellow",
    "GitHub Copilot Backstage Pass Member",
    "Provided feedback to OpenAI on GPT OSS — Part of small group of Asia-Pacific developers",
    "20+ hackathons participated"
  ],
  "media_appearances": [
    {
      "outlet": "The Independent",
      "title": "ClawX / Moltbook coverage",
      "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/moltbook-ai-reddit-social-media-chat-b2915460.html",
      "project": "ClawX"
    },
    {
      "outlet": "PC Gamer",
      "title": "Backdooms coverage",
      "url": "https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/behold-a-single-qr-code-containing-a-miniaturized-take-on-doom-literally-the-entire-game/",
      "project": "Backdooms"
    },
    {
      "outlet": "Yahoo News / Yahoo Tech",
      "title": "Backdooms coverage",
      "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/gaming/articles/behold-single-qr-code-containing-135737181.html",
      "project": "Backdooms"
    },
    {
      "outlet": "Boing Boing",
      "title": "Backdooms coverage",
      "url": "https://premium.boingboing.net/p/doom-in-a-qr-code",
      "project": "Backdooms"
    },
    {
      "outlet": "BuzzArena",
      "title": "ChatGPT Wrapped coverage",
      "url": "https://www.buzzarena.com/chatgpt-wrapped-2025-voici-comment-avoir-votre-retrospective-tres-rapidement-4543067"
    },
    {
      "outlet": "TOI Students (Times of India)",
      "title": "Student profile",
      "url": "https://toistudent.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/i-say/kuber-saving-earth-is-in-our-hands/41622.html"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    "AI in media and recommendation algorithms",
    "Multi-agent AI systems",
    "Creative technology and interactive experiences",
    "Gaming and virtual environments",
    "Open source development"
  ],
  "portfolio_features": {
    "type": "Interactive Terminal",
    "technologies": [
      "React",
      "JavaScript",
      "CSS"
    ],
    "features": [
      "30+ terminal commands",
      "Built-in games (Snake, Tetris, 2048, Flappy Bird)",
      "AI assistant (JARVIS)",
      "Calculator and utilities",
      "Dynamic theming system",
      "Mobile responsive design"
    ]
  },
  "last_updated": "2026-04-09"
}