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Ultron

Project Concept

Voice-Driven Scientific Hypothesis Generator & Feasibility Assessor: The system will allow researchers to brainstorm aloud using voice, and the AI will analyze their discussion, extract potential hypotheses, cross-reference them against existing literature (arXiv/PubMed), and produce supporting mathematical, scientific or engineering evidence to validate the hypothesis or call out its limitations.

Entry

Status: Submitted

Last saved: February 16 at 3:06 PM EST

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Yash Gaur Team Lead RSVP Approved

Associate at Goldman Sachs
Prompt Engineering and RAG
I have a background in engineering with experience in data science, and project management. On my free time I am exploring machine learning and Generative AI to improve research accessibility and automate decision-making processes.
I am interested in how LLMs can support research, knowledge retrieval, and decision-making.
Sentiment analysis on news headlines to provide advisory in stock movements.

Ahmed AbouElhamayed RSVP Approved

PhD Student at Cornell University
Backend and integration
I'm currently a PhD student working on optimizing LLM inference servers. Previously, I lead the Backend team at a startup in Egypt.
LLM inference optimization, AI systems advancement, Scalable app development, People Management
Optimizing LLM Inference

D C RSVP Approved

cto at rikai labs
Front End and Voice
connect to chat about knowledge graphs and making AI apps more fun! moved to NYC from SF in 2025 I've been a technical co-founder at four startups in three continents with two exits. I've worked at multinationals and bootstrapped startups. I'm a hands-on creative coder / designer / product manager leading teams to make new things like: games, social networks, chatbots, ML platforms, APIs and SDKs, crypto games. I make algorithmic art in my spare time
conversational apps, AI and games, collaborative AI+human UIs, graph theory, knowledge graphs, un-structured to structured ontologies
podGraph - knowledge graphs from podcasts lots of hackathon half finished projects! https://dc.rik.ai AI Poker Coach - ping me if you play poker

Frank Ivey RSVP Approved

Owner at Big Data and Open Source Technologies
Prompt Engineering and RAG
Data and AI Enthusiast
FinTech, Autonomous, AGI, Agentic Processing
FinTech, Autonomous, AGI

Wajjih Muhammad RSVP Approved

Student at City College Of New York
Front End and Voice
I discovered their passion for technology in high school through IT courses and robotics, which introduced me to programming and mechanical engineering. In 2022, I attended the Per Scholas boot camp, which led me to People Shores, where I learned the MERN stack and eventually landed a one-year contract with Morgan Stanley. Although I was laid off in 2024, I remain determined, using my skills to pursue new opportunities in AI.
full stack software engineering, AI application development, front-end and back-end technologies
I'm working on an AI code editor where users can ask an AI chat assistant to explain certain lines of code. If a user's code doesn't compile, the AI can suggest a fix. Hopefully, I can get the AI to a level where it can autocomplete code suggestions 😅 https://github.com/wajjih/AI-code-editor