stanford
design
founder
cs
enthusiast
NESH
ANTH
ANTH
About
Heyo, I’m Neshanth—a designer, developer, and lover of all things creative and functional.
Designer, developer, founder.
Z Fellow. Stanford, CA.
I’m a Z Fellow, currently building Hedwig AI as its founder, and studying computer science with an HCI concentration at Stanford.
I’m obsessed with how design communicates. Whether I’m rethinking what an inbox can be, prototyping accessible interfaces with voice and haptic feedback, or experimenting with typography and color, I focus on making tech that connects and empowers people.
Hedwig is an email client rebuilt as an infinite board: mail, calendar, tasks, docs, and AI agents sit side by side as frames on one canvas — your whole day, laid out the way you think.
Where
Role
What I did
B.S. Computer Science, HCI concentration
2025–2029
Studying how people and computers meet, with coursework spanning compassionate design and programming abstractions.
Research Assistant
2025–present
On the UX/design team building the first AI-powered digital Ling-6 hearing test, so families can monitor children’s hearing at home — child-centered prototypes and design research with clinicians, caregivers, and pediatric patients.
Research Intern, ESnet Education
2024
Built ESnet’s first K-12 STEM resource site and presented it at a public conference, with rollout planned to connect 50+ national labs.
Assistive Technology Intern
2023–2025
Designed accessible games and custom low-vision aids; pitched and secured $200K for a campus 3D-printing initiative; brought AI and voice-interactive games into classrooms.
Lead Investigator + Author
2024–2025
Led a study with the California School for the Blind and a Microsoft HCI researcher on how font and color affect reading efficiency for visually impaired students — built the assessment tools and ran the statistical analysis.