Hey, I’m Erickson Neil — Builder of Things
What I’ve Been Up To
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🧠 Founder of Intellecs.AI — an AI-first productivity tool with flashcards, smart research, and writing tools
→ Scaled to 500,000 users, with 15–25% free-to-paid conversion monthly
→ Went viral on TikTok multiple times (1M+ views per video)
→ Wrote and rebuilt the product from scratch several times, from fullstack infra to DevOps and growth tooling
→ Moved to Singapore and raised VC funding at 19
→ Shut it down after facing student retention issues -
🧪 Built Open Gemini Deep Research
→ Open-source research assistant powered by Google’s Gemini
→ First of its kind to show real-time depth, % complete, intermediate learnings, and live sources
→ Features multiple research modes (fast/balanced/comprehensive), recursive deep diving, and report synthesis -
🛠️ Former Software Engineer at Angkas
→ Led 0→1 experiments with facial auth, in-app navigation, and driver-passenger matching
→ Built internal dashboards and analyzed in-app behavior to influence roadmap -
🔐 Previously at CertiK (wallet & chain infra)
→ Led development of their mobile crypto wallet (Flutter, Bloc, TDD)
→ Later reassigned to Shentu blockchain core infra (protocol buffers, upgrade handlers)
Tools I Actually Use
Languages: Python, Dart, Go, TypeScript, JavaScript
Frameworks: React, Flutter, FastAPI, Node.js, LangChain
Infra: Docker, GCP, AWS, DigitalOcean, Firebase
LLM Stack: Gemini API, Vector DBs, LLM orchestration, streaming agents
Other: Git, Figma, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Linux