andyphu

research at phtlabs, mle at aws.

operating in the interest of argmaxing human flourishing.

Research

2026
title under review
A. Phu, et al.
nlp · under review
details available on request - contact via email or see cv.
2024
cv2x simulation - unsignalized intersection vehicle collisions
research engineering · ucla mobility · opencda
contributed to OpenCDA in python / ros / carla. handed off f2024.

2026–
co-founder / cto · phtlabs
ml lab building ai products for people
2026–
mle · aws sagemaker
s2025
sde / mle intern · amazon web services
rag chatbot to speed up internal developer knowledge workflows
s2024
tdp intern · optum / unitedhealth group
automated microservice migration to kubernetes (c# / .net)
f2022–f2023
it intern · jr associates
laptop repair, support, lenovo x220 surgery

2026–
phtlabs
ml lab building ai products for people. first product: failsafe - contract testing for multi-agent ai (validates handoffs, prevents data leakage, enforces compliance policies in milliseconds).
co-founder / cto · applied ml · llm systems
f2025
minjack
minimalist blackjack.
pending appstore approval · swift
w2025
gopher x metro
unified umn + minneapolis metro transit app; google maps api with caching layer.
shipped · react native · supabase
active
coollinks
a catalogue of links worth remembering in the event of amnesia.
txt
2024–26
cramtonight
chat with an llm that knew your textbook and class notes; told you exactly where to look.
sunset · rust · ts · python · faiss · opensearch
f2025
chalant
figure out when close friends are free to call using ambient signals (location, screen time, battery).
hiatus · swift
w2023
catgpt
next-action predictor for cats, built when chatgpt api was still too expensive.
shipped · js · react
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smartglasses
hardware tinkering.
side project · arduino · c++ · 3d printing

hackmit · 🏆
stud.ai - ai agents for professors to estimate assignment difficulty. won smartest ai agents.
hackbrown · 🏆
signify - generates asl captioning footage for arbitrary video. won best use of aws.
hackharvard
hookbook - children's stories → short-form reading content.
berkeley ai
inshort - ios app to notify users of new legislation relevant to them.
hoyahacks
blockify - crypto dashboard with sentiment analysis over scraped web activity.

2022–26
b.s. computer science, with distinction · university of minnesota, minneapolis
previously
hackmit 2024 (smartest ai agents) · hackbrown 2024 (best use of aws) · act 35