I am a South African entrepreneur and machine learning researcher, contributing to
secure, energy-efficient and trustable AI.
I taught myself programming at 12 years old, worked as one of the first developers
at Replit (now valued at $3B+) during high school, built the world's first
on-device AI assistant (200k+ users, won most innovative app in Africa), graduated
with an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science with distinction from the University of
Cambridge, and am now working to build a second unicorn at Verascient.
I am also an Allan Gray Fellow, served as Technical Fellow of the Cambridge
University Artificial Intelligence Society, was recognised as the Best Computer
Science Honours Student at Stellenbosch University and won Best Breakthrough
Developer at the App of the Year Awards.