LOOT
Founder, Alignment Engineer
Founded and shipped three AI-native apps for well-being, personal finance, and fitness. Wound down in 2026.
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Founded to impact the human experience through AI-native solutions. Three iOS apps launched: Waves AI (an AI-native well-being alternative to Headspace), LOOT Finance (a Mint and Monarch alternative), and Swole (an agentic, research-based approach to educating lifters while strength-building). Wound down in 2026 when all three apps were deprecated.
- Shipped 3 iOS apps with AI-native features
- Built companion web experiences in React (catchwaves.ai, lightweight-lifts.com) and SvelteKit (theryanhartman.com)
- Integrated ElevenLabs voice AI for personalized meditation experiences
- Designed and open-sourced alignment evaluation methodologies for Waves AI, experimenting with system prompt adjustments and SFT
- Leveraged Claude Code / Cursor to accelerate SwiftUI development