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Suveen Ellawela

Hi, I'm Suveen Ellawela.

📍 Singapore

Final-year Computer Engineering student at National University of Singapore. Previously,TinyFish, Stanford MS&E and FoloUp.

Love building, running AI experiments, learning new things and travelling to new places.

Current interests include, Physical AI, AI Agents, Browsers, Software Engineering and Startups.

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Projects

I build stuff. software and hardware. And I take it a bit seriously.

FoloUp project screenshot

FoloUp

Open source AI powered voice interviews for hiring

950+ Github stars. Conducted over 600 hiring interviews. Hired three interns using the same platform. Got a $10,000 equity free grant.Github
AI See project screenshot

AI See

Wearable assistive device for visually impaired

Built the python backend from 0. Worked on multimodal LLMs, multimodal RAG, Agents and BLE. Worked with blind users to build the optimal experience.
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Codenames AI

Codenames, but AI plays AI.

I got OpenAI's o1 to play codenames. Wrote a short blog about the main findings which got 7000+ views. It got featured on hacker news and ranked #7 at its peak.

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Bera Tiles project screenshot

Bera Tiles

Sri Lankan traditional drums X Piano Tiles

My first big project. Won multiple awards at my first ever hackathon. Got 750+ downloads and 130+ 5 star reviews on Google Play Store.
Photo2Movie project screenshot

Photo2Movie

Convert photos to a video montage under a minute

Built something ppl(I) want. I use this after every trip. Got a few GH stars. Deployed the initial version in less than 2 hours.

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Mintyard project screenshot

Mintyard

Customized Gaming areans for NFT collections

My first attempt at a startup. Got into Microsoft for Startups program. Got one NFT collection to use the platform. Stopped due to unfavorable market conditions.

Work

TinyFishSoftware Engineer Intern • San Francisco
2024 Aug - 2025 Sep
FoloUpCo-Founder • Singapore
2023 Nov - 2025 Apr
Augmented Human LabResearch Intern • Singapore
2024 May - 2024 July
AristotleSoftware Engineer • Remote/ Sri Lanka
2023 Feb - 2024 May
National University of SingaporeTeaching Assistant
2023 Aug - 2023 Dec
MyStorageSoftware Engineer Intern • Vietnam
2023 May - 2023 Jul
National University of SingaporeResearch Assistant
2022 Nov - 2023 Aug
oDocProduct and Operations Intern • Sri Lanka
2021 Sep - 2022 Jul

Other Stuff

Anything outdoors.

Here's me during a hike in Vietnam.

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Long walks.

Recently, I walked across Singapore!

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Movies.

Read my movie recommendations.

I like to take photos!

Follow my instagram page where I share some photos I take from my phone and my papershoot camera.

Suveen Ellawela Photography
Ukulele.

I am trying to learn these days.

Ukulele
Sports and Board Games.

I like anything competitive.

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Features

2025 Mar - Strivers Chat Podcast [Podcast]

2024 Sep - AI + Global Health 24hr Hackathon in SF [Hackathon Win]

2024 Jun - 50km walk across Singapore [https://walkacrossacountry.com]

2023 Nov - Can AI Models Summarize Your Diary Entries? Investigating Utility of Abstractive Summarization for Autobiographical Text [Publication]

2022 Jul - Exploring the future [News paper article]

2021 Aug - Recognizing Reid Avenue's Finest [News paper article]

2017 Jan - 'Pentathlon': Five rounds, one finale [News paper article]

2017 Jan - SIRASA Pentathlon Quiz Competition 2016 [Online article]

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