Available for builds & collabs

Vedh Krishnan

AI / Math Problem Solver. TEDx and public speaker passionate about technology, AI, education, math, and most importantly, helping others.

buildahuman/Greater Chicago Area/Northeast 1–2×/mo

LinkedIn ↗ vedh@vedhkrishnan.com ↗ (847) 530-8947 ↗

Build A TeacherGigiano AIKanosSlotShieldLocalHereTraceBuild A HumanCYWTMMIT AI StudioProject NANDATEDxLFHS Build A TeacherGigiano AIKanosSlotShieldLocalHereTraceBuild A HumanCYWTMMIT AI StudioProject NANDATEDxLFHS

Math alone solves equations. AI + people solve problems.

I’m a technology / AI-driven math enthusiast with a strong cultural identity, who learned to love STEM the hard way, and now helps others do the same.

I went from the 4th percentile in math in 8th grade to AP Calculus BC and Linear Algebra by sophomore year. That experience taught me something that now drives everything I build: the tools people have access to change what they’re capable of.

I’m a student developer focused on one idea. AI should actually change how people work, earn, and learn. Not just for developers. For everyone.

With Sal Khan at the Khan AIED Summit and Prof. David Malan at Harvard CS50

People I’ve learned fromWith Sal Khan at the Khan AIED Summit, and Prof. David Malan at Harvard’s CS50.

Posts.

Some things I’ve built.

Build A Teacher ↗

Transforms classroom materials into interactive teacher clones, replicating a teacher’s voice, tone, pacing, and style. Endorsed by Neeru Khosla (CK-12) at UC Berkeley YAIS.

AIEducationGPT

Gigiano AI ↗

An AI teaching assistant trained on AP World/Euro History lectures. 24/7 access to a familiar voice. Built on GPT + Lambda. Featured at Khan AIED Summit.

AIEdTechLambda

Kanos ↗

An agentic AI pricing consultant for small businesses. Built in 12 hours at Sundai with an MIT master’s student. Featured at MIT’s Imagination in Action and NANDA Summits.

AgentsSMBNANDA

Build A Human ↗

Clone yourself.

AIPersonal Cloning

SlotShield ↗

Catches no-shows in real time and recovers lost revenue for service businesses. Built at Vanderbilt.

AIService

LocalHere ↗

An AI city guide that responds in the local accent and finds the non-touristy side of wherever you are.

AITravel

Trace

Helps Alzheimer’s patients recover memory through a personal AI trained on their own voice and writing. Built at the University of Michigan.

AIHealth

Coding Your Way Through Math ↗

Master Algebra 1 across 55 progressive challenges in 8 units. Defeat equation monsters, earn rewards, and learn Python alongside math. AI-powered grading recognizes your own reasoning.

EducationPythonGames

Earlier

Tempo Tee
What if your shot could be improved just by analyzing the sound of it? Uses AI and the Fast Fourier Transform.
FFT
InfiniPuzzles & InfiniPuzzles, Poetry
Games powered by infinitely many AI-generated puzzles. The Poetry edition quizzes you across Renaissance, Romantic, and Modern eras.
2024

Where I’m building.

Director of Nandahack · MIT Media Lab
HCLTech-sponsored hackathon for Project NANDA at the MIT Media Lab.

nandahack.media.mit.edu
Head of Hackathons · Project NANDA @ MIT Media Lab
With Prof. Ramesh Raskar on Networked AI Agents in Decentralized Architecture. Contributor to NEST.projectnanda.org and Join39. Integrated Kanos onto the agentic web.

MIT Media Lab
Developer · JackFruit AI
MIT AI Studio. Working with MIT Sloan students on a tool that assesses agentic readiness of enterprise applications.

getjackfruit.ai
Mobile & Web Developer · Fill a Heart 4 Kids
Immersive apps designed to engage users and inspire donations for the Lake Forest nonprofit serving homeless and foster children.

Feb 2026 →
App Developer · ResearchNet AI
Helping accelerate research via local LLMs.

researchnet.ai
Agentic AI Developer · Starplot
Bringing a B2B partnership platform onto the agentic web.

starplot.ai
Lead App Developer · Jamin Music
Architected and shipped a full-stack application end-to-end.

Feb 2026 →
AI Automation Head · Street Sense Media
Building an AI agent that lets DC vendors call in for advice on selling papers, in the voices of celebrated local figures.

DC
Ambassador · TwinMind AI
Promoting AI that enhances passive listening and comprehension.

Dec 2025 →

Stages.

TEDxLFHS
Discovering a passion for STEM by persevering through academic challenges. From the heart, no teleprompter.
TEDx 2024
AI in Education Summit · Khan Lab School
Mountain View, Nov 1, 2025. Poster, breakout, student panel. Met Sal Khan and led an educator workshop on BAT.
Khan 2025
Imagination in Action AI Summit
MIT CSAIL + Stanford HAI. Demoed Kanos at OpenClaw workshops at Akamai and Link Ventures.
MIT 2026
Youth AI Summit · UC Berkeley
Showcased Build A Teacher. Endorsed by Neeru Khosla of CK-12.
UCB 2025
Project NANDA: The Internet of AI Agents
MIT Media Lab. Pitched Kanos on the agentic web with Prof. Ramesh Raskar.
MIT 2026
PickHacks 2026 · Missouri University of Science & Technology
Major League Hacking event.
MLH 2026
Jachacks · University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Built Trace, an AI for Alzheimer’s memory recovery. Built around the oldest human fear: being forgotten.
U-M 2026
VandyHacks XII · Vanderbilt University
Nashville. 24-hour deadline. Built SlotShield.
Vandy 2026
Sundai Hack · Boston
12 hours, the right idea, the right people. Where Kanos.biz was built with an MIT master’s student.
Sundai 2026

Also attended

Northwestern Kellogg India Business Conference
With Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney. Met Vijayakumar C (CVK), CEO of HCLTech, Vikas Khanna, and Rohit Bansal from Reliance.
May 2026

In the news.

Student-Built AI Allows Instruction Outside the Classroom
Lake Forest Love, by Caleb Pope.

lakeforestlove.com
Coding a Teacher: How Vedh Krishnan’s GigianoAI Came to Life
The Forest Scout, LFHS’s student newspaper.

theforestscout.com
Teacher Code: How GigianoAI Came to Life
Best of SNO, featuring the top student journalism nationwide.

bestofsno.com
Coding a Teacher: How Vedh Krishnan’s GigianoAI Came to Life
NewsBreak, syndicated.

newsbreak.com
LFHS Student Develops New AI Tools to Support Learning
Lake County Gazette.

lakecountygazette.com
Insight on District 67 & 115
District newsletter feature.

smore.com
Ask Gigiano AI
YouTube. The launch video featuring Mr. Gigiano.

YouTube

School & coursework.

Lake Forest High School
AP Computer Science A (freshman); AP Calculus BC and Linear Algebra (sophomore); Data Structures and Algorithms in Java.
Present
Illinois Institute of Technology
CS 331: Data Structures and Algorithms in Python.
2026
Harvard Computer Society · AI Bootcamp
1 of 30 selected. Deep learning, neural nets, optimization. Theory plus PyTorch implementation from first principles.
Dec 2025
CS50 · Harvard Online
Foundations of computer science and programming.
2021

Where I show up.

Website Manager · My Local Farmer
Chicagoland project connecting residents to local farms (Elawa Farm and others).
Mar 2026 →
Mentor · NAPA Academy
Mentored U.S. and China students through passion development, public speaking, and project planning.
2025–26
Board Member · Jr. American India Foundation
2024 STEM Power. 2025 Protect to Prevent. 2026 Personal Fundraising. Helped run the AIF Chicago Gala and opened a line to AIF Bangalore.
Mar 2024 →
On-Call Tutor · Russian School of Mathematics
Foundational Math through Pre-Calculus, with an emphasis on conceptual understanding.
Jun 2023 →
Peer Tutor · Schoolhouse.world
Certified peer tutor. Supported students in Canada, Haiti, India, and beyond.
2022–23

Six, working on more.

English Native Spanish Working Tamil Working Hindi Working Kannada Working Chinese Elementary

The toolkit.

Python PyTorch Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Web Development Mobile App Development Data Structures Algorithms Linear Algebra Calculus Educational Technology Curriculum Development Tutoring Public Speaking Entrepreneurship Project Management

Snapshots.

Portrait