Sanjay Marathe

About

My work sits at the intersection of software engineering and AI. I've built backend infrastructure, agentic systems, and interactive products, and I enjoy turning ambitious ideas into things people can use.

Experience

• Software Engineer Intern, Orthogonal (YC W26)

  Jun–Sep 2026

  Worked on agentic infrastructure.

• Software Engineer Intern, Fetch.ai

  Jun–Sep 2026

  Worked in the Innovation Lab.

• Research Intern, NASA

  Mar–May 2026

  Built machine learning models to approximate solar magnetic field distributions at the DRIVE Science Center.

• Software Engineer Intern, Grangou

  Jan–May 2026

  Built a social dining app for Gen Z, available on the App Store.

• Software Engineer Intern, Geodo

  Dec 2025–Mar 2026

  Built data pipelines for computer-use automation and vision-language models at an Entrepreneurs First-backed company.

• Founder, HLS Solutions

  Dec 2024–May 2025

  Ran a web development consulting agency and exited at $10,000 ARR.

• Founder, Web Development Workshop

  Aug 2023–May 2025

  Founded a web development workshop and taught more than 20 students.

• Software Engineer Intern, Doozie Software Solutions

  Jun–Aug 2024

  Built organization administration software.

• Biomechanics Researcher, University of Southern California

  Jun 2023–Aug 2024

• Software Engineer Intern, Doozie Software Solutions

  Jun–Aug 2023

  Worked on mobile apps.

Highlighted Projects

1. [1]

   DrystAI

   Smart glasses become a real-time memory assistant, recognizing faces, transcribing conversations, and showing helpful context as you meet people.

   MongoDB Atlas, vector embeddings, Next.js

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2. [2]

   MeDisha

   An AWS Bedrock-powered assistant that matches patients to clinical trials, explains eligibility, and compares trial locations and costs.

   Amazon Bedrock, Next.js

   [code]

3. [3]

   Kaimon

   Point a camera at an item and let AI agents identify it, compare listings, and handle the purchase through a single checkout.

   TwelveLabs, Fetch.ai, Browser Use, Stripe

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Hackathons

Awards and recognition across 7 hackathons.

• AWS LA AI Hackathon. 1st place overall.
• Google Gemini × Cerebral Valley at SHACK15. Finalist.
• Anthropic × UCI. 3rd place overall.
• Major League Hacking × DigitalOcean. Popular vote winner.
• SB Hacks 12. 1st place, Best Use of Solana; 2nd place, Best Use of Deepgram.
• DiamondHacks 2026. 1st place, Best Use of TwelveLabs; 2nd place, Best Use of Fetch.ai.
• StanfordXR. Best Design & Storytelling.

Miscellaneous

Drums (6 years), high school varsity swim & rugby. Bench: 230 lb, squat: 300 lb, deadlift: 335 lb.

i think burning out is a symptom revoked by the momentum of small wins.