Elijah Kurien
Building AI Agents and Robotics
Software Engineering @ University of Waterloo
Work
Incoming Software Engineering Intern @ Wispr
January 2025 - April 2025
Working on the ML team improving core dictation models and inference optimizations
Investment Partner @ Dorm Room Fund
October 2024 - Present
Investing in the most promising students and recent dropouts. elijah [at] dormroomfund.com
Engineering Intern @ General Cybernetics
August 2024 - August 2024
Built a cellular incubator to modulate membrane voltage of cells to induce them to become stem cells
Machine Learning Intern @ Omen
April 2024 - August 2024
Built a microprocessor that estimates engine health based on frequency analysis of engine vibrations
Machine Learning Intern @ Ceco.ai
June 2023 - August 2023
Built predictive models to determine when mining companies would violate laws and regulations from satellite imagery
Projects
Founded a team building a low-cost semiconductor fab with $51,000 in grants. Currently working on building MOSFETs from silicon wafers
Skyline
2024
Built an agent-based simulation for cities to model population movements and optimize public transit routes
Engineer-4o
2024
Building AI code generation agents to make developers lives easier
Self-Driving Car
2024
Built an autonomous car to delivery food across uWaterloo's campus. Created PID controls using RL and developed a world-modelling system for real-time correction
Burrow
2024
Built a learning platform for students to create courses and knowledge graphs from anything they want