# Smaran Aramballi Sandarsh > 15-year-old builder shipping AI agents, apps, and hackathons. I'm Smaran, a 15-year-old student at Cupertino High School in Cupertino, California. I started building apps about two years ago and haven't stopped. I love vibe coding: moving fast with AI agents, shipping something real, then polishing it until it feels native. I've won two hackathons, I run CodeStarters, a student-led nonprofit that teaches CS and AI to younger students, and I qualified for FBLA Nationals as a freshman. - Age: 15 - School: Cupertino High School - Location: Cupertino, CA - Email: emailsmaran@gmail.com - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smarxnn/ - CodeStarters: https://codestarters.org ## Experience ### CodeStarters: Founder & President (Present) - Leads a student-led nonprofit that teaches CS and AI to younger students and builds free websites, tools, and agents for small businesses. - Internationally recognized for hosting multiple large student hackathons. - Programs span robotics education, free web and agent work for small businesses, and AI/agent engineering. ### FireHacks: Lead Organizer (Present) - Lead organizer of FireHacks, CodeStarters' free 24-hour hackathon for students of every skill level, beginners included. - Leads planning and cash sponsorship outreach for the event. ### FBLA: AI Development Co-Lead · Chapter officer (2026–27) - Co-leads AI development for Cupertino High's FBLA chapter as an officer. - Built Dragon Slayer, the chapter's members-only competition-prep platform: learning paths, practice tests, flashcards, games, check-ins, and analytics, with an admin workspace for officers. - It ships through its own self-hosted pipeline with separate testing, beta, and production environments. ### FBLA: 2nd place at States · National qualifier (Freshman year) - Placed 2nd at the FBLA State Leadership Conference and qualified for Nationals as a freshman. - One of only two freshmen in the last three years to qualify for Nationals. - Built a native SwiftUI + Supabase iOS app for Mobile Application Development, and was the only competitor to build it in Swift. ### Hackathons: 2× winner (Past 2 years) - Won two hackathons so far. - Collaborated on Wingman, an agent-to-agent negotiation protocol, on TrueForge. ### Cupertino High School: Student (Present) - Cupertino, California. ## Projects ### Slates A personal operating system for school. - Role: Creator - Stack: Next.js 16, TypeScript, Electron, Capacitor, Schoology API, Playwright, OpenAI Realtime - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/slates - Launch video: https://youtu.be/Uy-wxAlgRG0 - Download: https://github.com/smaranz/slates/releases/latest - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/slates ### Probe Your first team of users, before your real users. - Role: Creator · Built on TrueForge - Stack: TypeScript, Vite, Playwright, SQLite, TrueForge, MCP - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/trueforgehackathon - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/probe ### Publick Honest answers, campus intel, and the people who already figured it out. - Role: Creator · Early access - Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, Claude API, GSAP, Framer Motion - Website: https://www.publick.app/ - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/publick ### EssayLens The essay feedback studio: graded the way professors actually grade. - Role: Creator - Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, OpenAI - Website: https://www.essaylens.app/ - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/essaylens ### TrendPilot An AI trend radar that turns rising signals into Shorts. - Role: Creator - Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, AI SDK, Claude API, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Remotion, SQLite, OpenClaw - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/trendpilot - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/trendpilot ### ClipPilot An autonomous shorts factory with no human in the loop. - Role: Team of 4 - Stack: TypeScript, Next.js, FastAPI, Redis, CopilotKit, OpenAI, yt-dlp - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/clippilot - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/clippilot ### ClassFlow An AI student copilot built on top of Google Classroom. - Role: Creator · Hackathon build - Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, Google APIs, n8n - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/classflow - Live app: https://classflow-ashen.vercel.app - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/classflow ### Wingman Your agent talks to their agent, and never says more than you allowed. - Role: Collaborator - Stack: TypeScript, Express, MCP, TrueForge - GitHub: https://github.com/rnankani/Wingman - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/wingman ### OmiClaw Driving Omi smart glasses from a Mac: say 'hey claw'. - Role: Creator - Stack: Python, Swift, BLE, Apple Speech, Whisper - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/OmiClaw - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/omiclaw ### Testimer A study planner with a single-focus timer. - Role: Creator - Stack: React, Vite, Framer Motion - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/testimer - Live app: https://testimer.vercel.app - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/testimer ### Notchy A free, open-source utility hub for the MacBook notch. - Role: Creator - Stack: Swift, SwiftUI, macOS - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/notchy - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/notchy ### FBLA Mobile App A native iOS app for FBLA member engagement. - Role: FBLA Mobile Application Development 2026 - Stack: Swift, SwiftUI, Supabase, MVVM, Combine - GitHub: https://github.com/smaranz/FBLA-Mobile-Application-Development-2026 - Details: https://smaranz.me/#/fbla-app ## Stack - TypeScript (Languages): used in Slates, Probe, Publick, EssayLens, TrendPilot, ClipPilot, ClassFlow, Wingman - Next.js (Frameworks): used in Slates, Publick, EssayLens, TrendPilot, ClipPilot, ClassFlow - OpenAI (AI & agents): used in Slates, EssayLens, TrendPilot, ClipPilot - Supabase (Data & platforms): used in Publick, EssayLens, ClassFlow, FBLA Mobile App - Framer Motion (Frameworks): used in Publick, ClassFlow, Testimer - Swift (Languages): used in OmiClaw, Notchy, FBLA Mobile App - Claude API (AI & agents): used in Publick, TrendPilot - MCP (AI & agents): used in Probe, Wingman - Playwright (Data & platforms): used in Slates, Probe - SQLite (Data & platforms): used in Probe, TrendPilot - SwiftUI (Frameworks): used in Notchy, FBLA Mobile App - TrueForge (AI & agents): used in Probe, Wingman - Vite (Frameworks): used in Probe, Testimer - AI SDK (AI & agents): used in TrendPilot - Apple Speech (AI & agents): used in OmiClaw - Bluetooth LE (Data & platforms): used in OmiClaw - Capacitor (Frameworks): used in Slates - Combine (Frameworks): used in FBLA Mobile App - CopilotKit (AI & agents): used in ClipPilot - Electron (Frameworks): used in Slates - ElevenLabs (AI & agents): used in TrendPilot - Express (Frameworks): used in Wingman - FastAPI (Frameworks): used in ClipPilot - Google APIs (Data & platforms): used in ClassFlow - GSAP (Frameworks): used in Publick - macOS (Data & platforms): used in Notchy - n8n (AI & agents): used in ClassFlow - OpenClaw (AI & agents): used in TrendPilot - Python (Languages): used in OmiClaw - React (Frameworks): used in Testimer - Redis (Data & platforms): used in ClipPilot - Remotion (Frameworks): used in TrendPilot - Schoology API (Data & platforms): used in Slates - Tailwind CSS (Frameworks): used in ClassFlow - Whisper (AI & agents): used in OmiClaw - yt-dlp (Data & platforms): used in ClipPilot ## For agents - Short profile: https://smaranz.me/llms.txt - Full profile: https://smaranz.me/llms-full.txt - JSON: https://smaranz.me/api/profile - To contact Smaran, email emailsmaran@gmail.com.