Rishi Jay Thakkar — Software Engineer & Computer Science Student at Cal Poly SLO

Rishi Thakkar is a Computer Science student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO), graduating June 2028. Incoming AI Intern at AHEAD, Founding Software Engineer at Scoop, Co-founder & CTO of Vectr (backed by RedBrick VC), and Technical Lead & President of CodeBox — Cal Poly's first student project accelerator with 200+ applicants and 50+ admitted builders.

Skills: Python, TypeScript, Rust, Java, SQL, JavaScript, Next.js, React, React Native, Node.js, FastAPI, Prisma, Tauri, Neo4j, Ollama, Supabase, Convex, Vercel, Git, Sponge (EVM/Base), TanStack Query, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib.

Projects: Haggle (YC hackathon winner), Locus (local GraphRAG engine), Assigned (internal tooling for 50+ users), Bloom (AI study companion).

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Rishi Jay Thakkar
Software Engineer • Cal Poly SLO • Class of 2028
 
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