Tripp Lyons

I'm an AI engineer focused on improving the performance and capability of AI models through research-driven engineering.

When I'm not coding, I solve Rubik's cubes blindfolded.

Tripp Lyons
New York, NY

Experience

Makora

Improved AI model performance through experimental engineering techniques.

2026-now

Undergrad Research

Applied in-context learning to reinforcement learning, improving sample efficiency.

Jan-May 2026

Undergrad Research

Built a state-of-the-art AI-generated image detector using ODE dynamics.

Aug-Dec 2024

Crystal AI

Created and served novel AI models across GPUs and TPUs.

2023-2024

Achievements

2020

CVE-2020-8155

Found XSS vulnerabilities in Nextcloud, GitLab, and Spotify at age 16.

HackerOne
2023

MEGA-ACE Hackathon

Won $2,500 across local and international tracks with NFT call option contracts.

Demo
2025

Rubik's Cube Blindfolded

Finished top 200 at the WCA World Championship.

WCA profile

Latest Writing

All posts
  1. Find a Niche by Intersecting Your Strengths
  2. The DeepSeek V3.2 Breakthrough Simplified
  3. A Trick for Backpropagation of Linear Transformations
  4. Rendering Fractals by Optimizing Pixels in JAX
  5. Train a Text Summarizer in 5 Minutes

Skills

AI EngineeringAI ResearchMachine LearningPythonPyTorchJAXTritonCUDAData ScienceWeb SecurityJavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.js