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loot ninja

Project Concept

trouble choosing a gift for your SO’s mother or your 7 year old nephew? loot ninjas are here to help! we make gift recommendations using trending products from social media. stretch goal: set the budget and loot ninja will buy and ship the gift for you.

Entry

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Phillip Zakas Team Lead RSVP Approved

founder at startup
Phillip Zakas is an AI Systems Engineer developing AI systems for modeling dynamical systems.
I’m interested in working on search, data conflation (text and conceptual model conflation), and human-centric real-world navigation.
Address and business firmographic conflation using conceptual and geospatial cues.

Dan Bodnarescu RSVP Approved

CTO at Octo
Dan Bodnarescu is a Full Stack Developer based in New York. With over ten years of experience, he builds end‑to‑end web solutions and explores AI‑focused software development. His background blends robust backend engineering with modern frontend expertise, enabling him to deliver scalable products. Dan continues to expand his skill set through tinkering and collaborative projects in the tech community.
AI-focused software development, mentors/advisors, tinkering and collaborative projects
Local and alternative inference options.