ἀρετή - the pursuit of excellence

also known as dorian. brothers with addison. trying to become the best version of myself.

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crypto work (prev work, acquired, no longer active)

• co-founder of thunderhead (acquired aug 2025)
• stHYPE: liquid staking token for hyperliquid, $650m+ AUM
• stFLIP: liquid staking token for chainflip, $100m+ AUM
• facilitated $25m of volume w thunderhead otc. built the thunderbot
• pocket v1: proposed a new system to allow for permissionless fisherman
• leanpocket: a lean validator for pocket network
• thunderpokt: liquid staking token for pocket network *deprecated
• pokt.watch: block explorer for pocket network *deprecated
• paradigm fellow

other ventures

• actualize:: sms-based ai coach that starts as a habit tracker and becomes a long-term presence as it learns you
• lifeline: stocked + serviced naloxone cabinets for universities, bars, and public venues. harm reduction as civic infrastructure
• juiced: sms-based sweepstakes sports betting. currently live, processing 500–1500 bets / week

academics

• junior at st. john's school in houston, graduating may 2027
• 1560 sat | 96.5 gpa
• all honors coursework

research

• summer '25 intern in prof. yoel fink's lab at mit — compressed a neural network from 4mb down to 100kb of ram, wrote custom inference libraries to run on unsupported microcontrollers
• independent layered proof of the devil-wins result in the power-1 angel problem (known per berlekamp '82)

philosophy

• arete: my take on nihilism

athletics

• 3x varsity wrestling starter at st. john's
• amateur mma at main street boxing & muay thai
• youth wrestling coach via alpha pups