uea.x
Explore. Experiment. Execute.
uea.x is a program for CMU builders who are working on passion projects and want to take them further. Whether your goal is to turn what you are building into a real startup or use it to land your dream internship, uea.x connects you with direct support to help you get there. Open to all industries, including SaaS, AI research, engineering, design, robotics, and more.
Applications Due Wednesday, Feb. 11th!
Benefits
1-on-1 Mentorship
1-on-1 mentorship that you get to choose from anyone on our list below! Our mentors specialize in a variety of industries — find the right person for project or career advice.
UEA Funding
The chance to apply for funding to keep building and move faster.
Speaker Events
Bi-weekly speaker events featuring people who successfully turned their passion project into startups or tailored their projects to land their dream internship/job.
Community of Builders
Community of builders for support (and free food during build sessions!)
Mentors & Speakers for Startups
Mentors and speakers who turned their passion projects into successful startups
Shivam P
Building agentic AI → Startup in YC
StatML @ CMU
Shagun Maheshwari
Raised $1.5M for electrochemical devices project → startup
Mater. Sci. & AI @ CMU
Engineer @ Tesla, SpaceX, WisprAI
Divyam Goel
AI Research → Startup Acquired by Adobe
MSR @ CMU, BS ECE @ IIT
Ram Potham
Built AI website optimization agents project → startup that got acquired”
AI @ CMU
AI Research @ CMU, MIT, Watertight, Redwood
Anir Prativadi
Building automated real estate appraisals with AI → startup in Y Combinator
AI & Business @ CMU
Zhining Zhao
Building decentralized, automated mining of metals → startup in ZFellows
CS & Philosophy @ CMU
Pratyay Didwania
Researched automating custom knitwear manufacturing → startup (won CMU VC, 2nd place in McGinnis)
Business & CS @ CMU
Research @ CMU
Pietro Demicheli
Building automated real estate appraisals with AI → startup in Y Combinator
AI @ CMU
Krishang Todi
Building AI agents for denial health insurance claims → startup in Y Combinator
Economics @ CMU
Mehul Agarwal
Building GenAI for Audio to Video Filmmaking → startup in Y Combinator
B.S. in CS, M.S. in ML @ CMU
ML @ Blue River Technology
Bryan Bravo
Co-Founder @ Comissioned
Business & Music Theory @ CMU
Surya Kukkapalli
Building AI physical therapy recovery agent → startup
MBA @ CMU
SWE @ Amazon, JPMC
Aneesh Pataballa
Building Hardware Startup
Co-Founder @ Spoilsafe
ECE @ CMU
Vivek Isukapalli
Building automated real estate appraisals with AI → startup in Y Combinator
IS & CS @ CMU
Vivaan Sawant
Building Hardware Startup
Co-Founder @ Spoilsafe
ECE @ CMU
Coleman Isner
AI to help students make college/career decisions → startup
CS & Business @ CMU
Gabriel Hall
Co-Founder @ Comissioned
CS @ CMU
SWE @ DoorDash & Expii
Rediat Shamsu
Co-Founder @ Comissioned
CS @ University of Alabama
SWE @ DoorDash & Amazon
Mentors & Speakers for Dream Jobs
Mentors and speakers who used their passion projects to land their dream jobs
Spandan Das
Developed ML model for data selection for efficient pretraining → dream job
CS @ CMU
AI/ML @ Apple, NASA, NVIDIA, DatologyAI
Anisha Chatterjee
Researching abstract reasoning in VLMs → dream job
AI @ CMU
SWE @ Datadog, Amazon, Aryaka
Anaya Bhammar
Built damper & actuator project that biomimics sea slug movements → dream job
MechE @ CMU
Engineering @ Microsoft, Amazon
Advika Jayanti
Built incident reporting tracker for school security, raised $500K, got acquired→ dream job
CS @ CMU
SWE/PM @ Samsara, MongoDB, WisprAI
Rucha Kurani
Developed enzyme-based microsensor
ECE, BME @ CMU
President @ Build18, Research Assistant at BioEng. Labs
Khushi Wadhwa
Built 3D Visualization Agent
Project → dream job
CS @ CMU
Business Strategy/SWE @ SpaceX, Predicate, C14
Deepti Aggarwal
GMO avocado with similar farming conditions as tobacco
Computational Finance & CS @ CMU
Trading @ Morgan Stanley
Roshni Kustagi
Helping small business owners improve their website → dream job
IS @ CMU
SWE @ Microsoft, Amazon
Devika Manohar
Developed RAG chatbot to improve communication efficiency → dream job
ECE @ CMU
Engineering @ Apple, Cisco
Deniz Birlikci
Built multimodal AI search for fashion e-commerce.
AI @ CMU
Research @ Amazon AGI, Mercedes, CMU
Jiya Gupta
Built data science agent for cybersecurity companies → dream job
AI & Business @ CMU
Product Management, SWE @ Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks
Saaketh Chennaiahgari
Built 3D Visualization Agent
Project → dream job
Business & CS @ CMU
Product Manager @ Capital One
Perrin Tong
Built a gamecube controller with hall effect sensors → dream job
ECE @ CMU
Engineering @ Apple
Gene Yang
Built AI takeout recommendation system that scrapes financial data; won Best Financial Hack → dream job
CS @ CMU
ML @ ScaleAI
Avalon Sueiro
Built AI political campaign analytics → dream job
Business @ CMU
Growth @ Sway, Expii, Fellow for Kamala for President
Krish Mawalkar
Built strategy consulting startup → dream job
Statistics & Data Sci. @ CMU
Finance @ JPMC, U.S. Bank, Federal Reserve
Naveen Nathan
NN research → dream job
ECE @ CMU
BS & MS CS @ UIUC
SWE @ Google & Amazon
Lakshmi N Aiyer
Building ASIC Chips → dream job
FPGA Engineer @ UBS, Intel and various startups
Raymond Li
Robotics Projects → Engineer at Startup
MechE @ Purdue
Tejas Venkatesh
Building platform to connect individuals with neighbourhood merchants to tackle package theft→ dream job
IS, HCI @ CMU
AI & TMT Associate @ BCG, PM @ Iris Lunar Rover Mission
Note: this is NOT a COMPLETE list of mentors/speakers, just some features
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