Education
Higher education is a $100k+ forcing function to forever debt for young people. It’s limited to location, elite access, and restrictive by age. It can’t keep up with the fast paced changes of the 21st century.
The most interesting mindsets, knowledge, skills and network are baked in industry labs, discord servers, and startup teams. That’s why I’m building something different.
Studios
I’m co-founder of Worldwide Studios.
Worldwide Studios
We’re on a mission to help anyone build anything. We run fellowships, build sessions and hacks, and summits across AI, robotics, and science.
We also ship product experiments like Philosophymaxxing, an iOS app for learning philosophy as easy as texting, skilltrees, and a portfolio review agent.
Fellowships
Fellows spend 30 to 100 days going from idea to pilot, building in public with a cohort. So far we’ve run AI for Education, AI for Science, AI for Hardware, and AI for Global Health. The Physical AI fellowship runs November 2026 to February 2027.
- Feifei went from a health hack win to Shepherd Robotics and YC Fall 2026
- Xiangan found paying customers for Whetstone in week one
- Julia went from scientist to AI builder
- Education fellows shipped six open-source projects for learning
“The accountability created by community pushed me farther than I would have gone if I’d done this alone.”
We also run build sessions and hacks.
Build sessions
From three-hour builds to 24-hour hacks, builders work with the latest tools and ship real projects. Recent examples include:
- 3hr AI for Education Build, where five teams shipped learning tools
- AI agents in 20 lines of code, a workshop with Will Sentance
- 24hr AI Science Cell Cultivation Hack with Monomer Bio
- AI Science World Model Hack at Zeon Systems
- 24hr Physical AI for Life Science Hack with Claude Community
We also host summits.
Summits
In June 2026 we hosted the AI for Science Summit in San Francisco: twenty-plus talks, hands-on workshops, and demos. On December 5, 2026 we’re running it back with the Physical AI for Science Summit for 100 scientists, lab automation engineers, developers, and researchers.
For all of these initiatives, we work with great partners.
Partners
We’ve partnered with Opentrons, Anthropic, Claude Community, DeepMind, Monomer Bio, Zeon Systems, La Fondation Dassault Systèmes, Tenstorrent, Cephla, Byonoy, Lindy and more to give builders access to the latest tools.
“Builders feel ‘empowered’ to step outside of their domains and comfort zones to truly learn, build & deliver in less than 24 hours.”
I also build community.
Community
I lead Hardware Meetup globally, and run the largest city in San Francisco.
Hardware Meetup
The community is now 50+ cities and 50,000 members. In San Francisco we’re 12,000+ builders who meet monthly, and we just hosted the 139th SF Hardware Meetup. I’ve personally run 300+ events this year.
Events
Some highlights from this year:
- Electronics development and design @ Humanmade
- Demo night @ Studio 45
- Physical AI robotics @ Mission Robotics
- Ocean tech @ Sofar Ocean for SF Climate Week
- Hardware Pitch Night @ Studio 45
For the community, I also host hardware dinners to connect founders, investors, and builders.
Founder dinners
Monthly founder dinners bring around thirty people to one table on a single theme, from physical AI and robotics to data centers and energy. Hosts and partners include Rho, Root Ventures, Gigascale Capital, Pebblebed, Antler VC, Mission Robotics, and more.
“This community is why I came to SF. Everyone is authentic and working on important problems. I’ve even hired straight from an event.”
I also run custom workshops.
Workshops
Beyond community, I design and run custom workshops for teams and organizations. These are hands-on sessions tailored to your team’s specific goals. This can include upskilling in AI, exploring new solutions to current problems, or exploring new strategies and technologies all together.
- 1-2hr workshops and keynotes
- 1 day build sprints and executive masterminds
- 2-3 day intensives
See what people say.
Testimonials
“Exactly what my team needed. An actionable sample of the latest straight from center of SF.”
“Truly transformative. THANK YOU!”
“We really enjoy working with you all!”
Three initiatives with the same mission: help people build things that matter.
If you want to see past work, check out the archive.