Y Combinator · 2026
Call My Agent Hackathon
Went to YC's Call My Agent Hackathon. Good day.
I build AI things. The dinosaur is below if this bores you.
I'm Nirav - a human like you who likes building stuff in the AI space, talking to people, and sometimes messing around with mechanistic interpretability and ethics.
Founder
Honrly Inc
AI integrity platform for macOS and Windows.
Cybersecurity
Zebra Technologies
AI/cyber intern - SIEM, vuln workflows, internal tooling.
Education
UT Dallas
B.S. CS (AI), cyber-defense cert. Community Council president.
Selected work
Some things I've done.
Hackathons · 2025
Y Combinator · 2026
Call My Agent Hackathon
Went to YC's Call My Agent Hackathon. Good day.
LinkedIn recapPress
Founder
Honrly Inc
AI integrity for macOS and Windows - mostly interviews and hiring.
AI / Cyber Intern
Zebra Technologies
AI/cyber intern — SIEM, vuln ops, internal AI tooling; leadership projects across Orca, CrowdStrike, HackerOne VDP, and more.
Office of Information & Technology
UT Dallas · Lab Assistant
Campus lab IT - Mac, Windows, Linux support, ticketing, print systems.
President
UT Dallas · Community Council
Council meetings, budget and grants, exec board for campus programs.
Student Assistant
UT Dallas · Facility Management
Admin and facility ops - access, safety, day-to-day compliance.
Undergraduate Researcher
UT Dallas · Research
ML notebook for particle classification. Malware detection research with entropy analysis.
Programming Intern
Royal Technosoft
Taught intro programming - C++ games and Unity3D HoloLens projects.
Contract
Web Design & Deployment
Sites for a few local orgs - ftth24x7, tranquilflow, aiaautd, HRCR Lamination.
Projects
Cybersecurity & Analytics
Pen testing, NSA Codebreaker, deepfake audio detection, NASA L'SPACE cost modeling.
Systems
Tools I've used.
ML, cloud, security tooling, and full-stack - whatever the project needed.
Certifications
- Oracle Certified Associate Java SE 8
- CompTIA Network+
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Azure AI Engineer Associate (In Progress)
- Yoga Alliance USA Certified Yoga Instructor
Small interruption
If you’re bored already, there’s still a T-Rex.
Contact
Working on something AI, cyber, or trust-heavy?
Happy to chat about messy workflows, security stuff, or products where trust matters.
Say hi