NEXT 36 Founder Program

Selected as 1 of 36 entrepreneurs across Canada (≈1% acceptance) for NEXT 36, one of the country’s leading incubators.

Received world-class mentorship and entrepreneurship training from faculty at MIT, Imperial College, and Harvard Business School, as well as Canadian experts like Prof. Reza Satchu and Prof. Ajay Agrawal.

Met and learned directly from successful founders and tech leaders, including the CEO of Wealthsimple, the CEO of Ada, and executive leader at Neuralink, Shivon Zilis, along with many others.

AI Bookkeeper MVP

During the program, I co-founded an AI accounting startup and built its first minimum viable product (MVP). The system used Large Language Models (LLMs) to automatically categorize financial transactions:

• When transaction data lacked context, it searched the web for vendor information.
• For marketplaces such as eBay or Amazon, it scraped user emails to understand the purchase details.
• It learned from users’ past categorizations to continually refine its accuracy.