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Birthplace: Mountain View, CA

Company: Aragon.ai
Role: Co-Founder & CEO
🗞 In the News
  • Washington Post: AI professional headshots are quick and easy. But should you use one?
  • Business Insider: Why Aragon.ai Founder Chose Startup Accelerator Neo Over Y Combinator
  • Big Think: Anatomy of an AI startup: Key lessons for first-time founders

⚔️ Main Quests
    Chapter 1 ('13 – '22): Learn
    • Graduate from US Army Cadet Corps
    • Become semi-pro at League of Legends (top 0.1%)
    • Graduate high School (I almost failed)
    • Transfer to the University of Michigan
    • Do AI research
    • Get a full-time offer from Microsoft
    • Help build a YC startup as employee #1 (acquired)
    Chapter 2 ('22 - present): Founder Journey
    • Find a co-founder
    • Start a company
    • Become ramen profitable
    • Get into Y Combinator
    • Raise money from Neo and founders of billion-dollar companies
    • $100K ARR
    • $1M ARR
    • $10M ARR
    • $100M ARR
    Chapter 3: :)
🗝️ Side Quests
  • Endurance
    • Finish a full 140.6-mile Ironman triathlon
  • Strength
    • Bench press 225 lbs
    • Do a muscle-up
  • Mountaineering
    • Climb Mt. Fuji ('15)
    • Climb the Half Dome ('15)
    • Climb Mt. Olympus
    • Climb Mt. Whitney ('19)
    • Complete the Explorer's Grand Slam
      • Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
      • Climb Mt. Aconcagua
      • Climb Mt. Elbrus
      • Climb Mt. Puncak Jaya
      • Climb Mt. Kosciuszko
      • Climb Mt. Vinson
      • Climb Mt. Denali
      • Climb Mt. Everest
      • Reach the South Pole
      • Reach the North Pole
✈️ World Travel Log

Continents Visited: 6/7

Countries Visited: 25/195 (13%)


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