# About | Sherwin Vishesh Jathanna

> Learn about Sherwin Vishesh Jathanna — AI/ML and full-stack developer based in San Francisco, Software Developer at Intuit, entrepreneur, and hackathon winner. His background, skills, and journey.

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Hello there! I'm **Sherwin Vishesh Jathanna**, a passionate AI/ML and full-stack developer based in the beautiful city of San Francisco. I'm currently a Software Developer at **Intuit** and a graduate of **Arizona State University**, where I dove deep into the fascinating world of technology.

AI/ML & Full-Stack · Intuit · 12x Hackathon Winner · San Francisco, USA

## Notable Achievements

- Acquired Founder by the age 19
- Winner of CalHacks (2024) and 11 more Hackathons
- New American University Scholar at ASU
- Guinness World Record Holder
- Featured in 40+ Newspapers
- And Many More...

## CH.01 Roots — Bangalore, where it started

Born and raised in Bangalore, India, the city that basically runs on coffee and code, I grew up surrounded by tech before I even knew what tech was. It all started in 2nd grade when my dad sat me down in front of a computer and said two words: **"figure it out."**

No tutorial, no hand-holding, just me, a screen, and a blinking cursor. He was my **first mentor**, and he taught me early that *engineering is a mindset, not a career.* That stuck.

I'm someone who genuinely can't sit still. If I'm not building something, I'm travelling somewhere, at a concert, or down a rabbit hole at 2am researching something nobody asked me to. I think too much, ship fast, and care deeply about whether the things I make actually matter to real people. Everything I am today traces back to that little room with a glowing monitor, and honestly, I wouldn't change a thing.

## CH.02 Builder — Hackathons, startups, shipped things

Fast forward a few years and that same kid is now an **acquired founder**, an **ex Fortune 50 intern**, a **12x hackathon winner**, and someone who genuinely cannot stop building things.

I've competed in **38 hackathons worldwide**, won 12 of them, including **CalHacks 2024**, *the largest collegiate hackathon on the planet*, and shipped products that have reached thousands of users across multiple countries.

My internship at UPS had me deep in backend development with Java and Spring Boot, and on the AI side I've worked on RAG pipelines, LLM integrations, computer vision, and NLP. The rule I hold myself to every single time: every decision, from architecture down to UI, has to answer one question, *does this actually make someone's life better?*

## CH.03 Traveler — Every country. All of them.

I've always believed that the best way to understand the world is to actually go see it. From walking the streets of Tokyo at midnight to standing in front of the Colosseum in Rome, from the chaos of Mumbai to the surreal quiet of Anchorage, Alaska, travel is genuinely one of my favourite things to do on this planet.

*Every new country is a new operating system: different rules, different rhythms, different ways people solve the same human problems.* My actual dream? **Every single country. All of them.** I want my passport to run out of pages.

There's something about landing somewhere completely new, a different language on the signs, a different smell in the air, a different energy in the streets, that resets my brain in a way nothing else does. Some people travel to relax. **I travel to feel more alive.**

## CH.04 Audiophile — Front row, every time

Music is basically a personality trait at this point, if I'm breathing, something's playing. My taste lives in R&B, pop, and rap, and *I'll defend that with my whole chest.*

But **The Weeknd** is in a league of his own for me. I've been to **7 of his concerts**, and the best night of my life was **After Hours Til Dawn at MetLife Stadium in 2025**, **80,000 people**, one unforgettable night.

I'm also a certified rager who's survived the pit at a **Travis Scott** show and has zero regrets. Live music just hits differently. If there's a show happening, I'm already looking at tickets.

## CH.05 Onward — Just the beginning

If you've made it this far, you probably get the idea. I'm someone who just really loves being alive and doing things. Building products that matter, exploring new cities, raging at concerts, and finding problems worth solving.

I grew up in Bangalore dreaming about making a dent, and somehow every late night, every hackathon, every flight to somewhere new has been a step toward that.

I don't have it all figured out, not even close, but I know what drives me: **seeing something I built actually change how someone's day goes.** *That's the only metric I've ever cared about.* There's a lot more coming, more projects, more countries, more front rows. **This is just the beginning.**