i build systems, untangle messy problems, and write code. no rigid title — sometimes that's leading a team scaling a startup zero-to-one, sometimes wiring agentic ai, building spatial interfaces in unreal, or tearing apart hardware just to understand it. the more impossible, the more interesting.
experience
gen z ai life accelerator. architected the mvp, secured seed funding, led a team of five engineers. co-designed sombra — the empathetic conversational mentor. pioneered a dynamic ui framework for ai-driven, context-aware interfaces.
the exocortex, live at laifea.app — grew out of sombra os. markdown vault + persistent ai partner + 3d semantic knowledge graph + voice, one registry of ~106 tools behind chat, voice and mcp. built to make you think, not think for you.
end-to-end builds for clients who want one person to own the whole thing. be mindful — a mindfulness course platform for a senior coach: live, funded, business edition in the works. a 2026 enterprise engagement with t-mobile. the ar album filter for colin stetson (redbird music). music-video vfx, virtual production, web3d.
inverted incubator. instead of one product, a platform that can generate many — designed to absorb the kinds of ambiguous, structurally-hard briefs most studios refuse.
spatial computing in unreal 5. open-source intelligence threaded into real-time 3d. procedural generation, complex c++, visual systems that make impossibly dense information legible fast.
on-set vfx data collection — chrome ball, color chart, hdri pipeline. coordinated with script supervisors for accurate vfx documentation.
pushed real-time rendering boundaries for vr. engineered custom real-time flood simulation. immersive recreations of historical cities.
product integration, development, talent acquisition. international teams, emerging tech.
capabilities
- unreal engine
- blender
- houdini
- three.js * r3f
- webgl * webgpu
- unity
- substance
- webxr
- virtual production
- glsl
- typescript
- next.js * react
- node.js
- python
- postgres
- docker
- c++ * c#
- graphql
- aws * gcp
- systems design
- llms * prompting
- agentic systems
- rag * semantic search
- computer vision
- pytorch
- tensorflow.js
- neural nets
- nlp
- langchain
- embeddings
- esp32 * arduino
- pcb design
- 3d printing
- rapid prototyping
- real-time fluid sim
- shader pipeline
how i build
pragmatism over purity
the best code ships, scales, and the next person can read it. right tool for the job — typescript, c++, python, doesn't matter.
the black box protocol
i'm drawn to systems i don't understand yet. break them to parts, find the edges, rebuild. fastest way to learn any domain.
agentic execution
point me at a fuzzy, structurally hard problem and walk away. high-ambiguity is where i'm most useful.
education
languages
speaking
- nike berlin
- fashion tech berlin
- czechvrfest
- čvut
- ciirc
- umprum
kind words
Eliáš did an amazing job on our project for Colin Stetson's new album, The Love It Took to Leave You. He took extra care at each step to ensure proper completion — which built trust and faith as a new client. The output was amazing: the animation of the album cover for Apple Motion was clean, simple and impactful, and the AR filter that works with the vinyl cover is a feast for the eyes. The longer we looked at it, the more we liked it. The details coming into frame, subtly and tactfully, show Eli's experience and good eye. We couldn't be happier with the final result and would happily work with him again.
Lisa WellsRedbird Musicredbirdmusic.com