Hey, I'm
Maanit Himanshu Shah
“Compiling ideas into impact.”
About
A bit about me
I'm a Computer Science student at UC Davis, minoring in Technology Management, who likes turning ideas into shipped products. I've led sponsorship for a 1,000+ person hackathon at HackDavis, engineered a local LLM agent stack at Tech Equity's AI Summit, and built the core of StenoStudy at Icarus Development and a lot more.
Outside of code, I'm usually on a soccer or cricket field, at the gym, hiking, or with headphones in, chasing the same balance of focus and fun that keeps my work interesting.
Work
Projects
Browser Extension / AI
A Chrome sidebar extension that tracks researchers and labs, using TinyFish AI agents to autonomously surface new papers, citation spikes, grants, and patents.
Web Development
A gamified study platform that rewards focused time with points and a leaderboard, pairing a Pomodoro timer with progress-based incentives.
App Development
An event-discovery app for UC Davis students that surfaces nearby events with ML-driven personalization and real-time listings.
App Development
A marketplace that makes buying and selling items among UC Davis students easy and efficient.
WorkforceOS
TBD
Coming Soon.
ASAI
TBD
Coming Soon.
Career
Experience
Always eager to find new opportunities and explore different areas. Connect with me on LinkedIn to keep up with my career journey!
HackDavis
Director
Led sponsorship for UC Davis' 1000+ attendee hackathon, raising about $27,000 across 10-12 sponsors including Anthropic, Figma, and Reconstruct. Built an automated workflow to research and prioritize prospective sponsors, improving outreach response rates.
TechEquity
AI Systems Engineer
Built a custom PowerShell benchmark harness to evaluate three local LLMs, driving team adoption of qwen3:8b as primary model and phi4-mini as backup. Engineered a local AI agent stack, ClawMax and OpenClaw on WSL with a Windows to Ollama network bridge, enabling the team to run and orchestrate LLM agents on shared infrastructure. Built an internal AI meeting note agent, producing structured Slack summaries and an external version drafting client emails with sensitive content guardrails.
Icarus Development
Software Developer
Built the core of StenoStudy, an AI lecture-summarization tool for a UC Davis professor that turned recorded lectures into structured notes. The product was later acquired by CourseAssist.
Google Developer Student Club
Technical Lead
Technical lead for multiple team projects, owning architecture & guiding a small team from concept to shipped product across each cycle. Three led projects earned internal Best-in-category recognition (UX, Design, Advanced Project) at GDSC showcases.
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Other Achievements
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Contact
Have an opportunity or idea worth exploring? My inbox is always open — reach out by email or say hi on social.