Ethan Lam

Ethan Lam

@ethanmlam

Mission Control Hacker House (Satellite), SF

Hey! I'm a builder who loves creating and trying new AI applications. Studied Industrial Engineering and EECS at UC Berkeley.

Currently

co-founding FiveW - a way to discover and digest the latest AI research.

When I'm not coding

food, reading, poker, running, and concerts

Projects

zKnowledge Base

Semantic search for research papers. TreeHacks 2024 Best Decentralized App. Raised 6 figures and 3rd place in Codebase Demo Day as the sole collegiate team.

Reliablocks

Blockchain trustworthiness model for Ethereum L2s. Won Architecture prize at EigenLayer Infinite Hackathon at DevCon Bangkok.

Experience

Software Engineer (Contract) • Bittensor

built unified API and routing model for subnets à la OpenRouter

Product Management Intern • Affogato AI (YC S21)

researched stablecoin payment solutions

Campus Ambassador • Perplexity

led growth initiatives

Recently reading

Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

More Money Than God

Bad Blood

The Big Short

Get in touch

My best ideas come from talking with people who think differently.
Always down to chat → ethanmlam@berkeley.edu

© 2024 Ethan Lam