jul 2026 – sep 2026
ML Intern, Growth at Roboflow (YC S20) 
Computer vision demos and tutorials reaching 500,000+ developers.
Aarnav Shah
ml intern @roboflow · computer engineering @uwaterloo
- ML Intern,
Roboflow
(YC S20). 50+ published articles and computer vision demos reaching
500K+ developers
- Computer Engineering,
University of Waterloo. Turned down two 
Schulich Leader Scholarships ($220K) - ML Research Intern,
van der Heijden Lab, University of Waterloo. Co-authored
"A Machine Learning-Driven Modelling Framework for
Predicting Redox Flow Battery Performance"
(
SSRN, 2026) - Organizer and Designer,
Ignition Hacks 2025. 130+ hackers, 45 shipped projects 
Peel Student Advisory Committee: represented 50+ middle schools and co-organized the Peel VEX IQ Robotics Showcase- AI and Software Intern,
Ally Solutions - Software Engineer Intern,
TMAS Academy
1st Place, GenAI Genesis 2025 (Online Finance)
·
2nd Place, Hack49 2024 (Cybersecurity)
jul 2025 – present
ML and Computer Vision Contributor at Roboflow
End-to-end vision projects and 50+ technical articles on models, workflows, and deployment.
jul 2025 – jun 2026
Research Intern at University of Waterloo
With the van der Heijden Lab: ML surrogate models for redox flow batteries; co-authored a paper.
may 2025 – sep 2025
AI and Software Intern at Ally Solutions
Building real-time voice agents and conversational AI for enterprise clients.
jul 2025 – aug 2025
Software Engineer Intern at TMAS Academy
Revamped the TMAS website and built tools used by 500+ active students.
apr 2025 – sep 2025
UI/UX Developer at Ignition Hacks
Designed and built the hackathon site; led the AI workshop for 130+ hackers.
mar 2024 – jan 2026
Lifeguard and Swim Instructor at City of Brampton 
Personally taught 450+ students to swim. First job.
Physical AI That Plays Connect 4
connect4-robot · aug 2026
a robot arm opponent: RF-DETR board tracking, 8-ply bitboard negamax in 12 ms, spoken trash talk via Gemini and ElevenLabs
AI Basketball Coach
shot-tracker · aug 2026 · 200K+ views
on-device shot analytics from one phone camera: RF-DETR ball and rim tracking with pose-based release biomechanics
Autonomous Delivery Lockbox
package-track · jul 2026
a porch lockbox that opens itself for verified deliveries: on-device CoreML detection, cloud verification, ESP32 solenoid over LAN
Breadboard-to-PCB Compiler
tabula · may 2026 · eurekahacks
one photo in, routed KiCad PCB out: OpenCV grid reconstruction, Roboflow component detection, Gemini netlist synthesis
Receipt Intelligence
spendwise · mar 2025 · 1st place, genai genesis
Gemini receipt OCR and spending analysis with Socket.IO shared savings challenges
Generative Video Tutor
numina · jun 2025 · spurhacks
renders Manim animations on demand, paired with voice-to-voice tutoring and adaptive quizzes
selected from 50+ articles on the roboflow blog
- Building a Physical AI That Plays Connect 4aug 2026
- How to Build an AI Basketball Shot Evaluatoraug 2026
- How to Build an AI Video Car Damage Inspectoraug 2026
- Automatic Highlight Reels from Kids' Soccer Gamesjul 2026
- Teaching a Porch to Recognize Delivery Drivers and Accept Packagesjul 2026
- Multi-Model Auto Labeling for Segmentation with Consensus Votingjul 2026
- Off-the-Shelf vs. Custom Models for Industrial Computer Visionjun 2026
- How to Add an LLM to a Vision Pipeline (And When to Avoid It)jun 2026
- Automated Tire Sidewall OCR with RF-DETR and Multimodal LLMsjun 2026
- Best OCR Models for Text Recognition in Imagesjun 2026
- Chaining Models: Detection, OCR, and an LLM in a Single Workflowmay 2026
- Real-Time Object Detection in the Browsermay 2026
- Automate Pothole Detection with RF-DETR & ByteTrackmay 2026
- Occlusion Techniques in Computer Visionmay 2026
- American Football Player Tracking with RF-DETRapr 2026
- Medical OCR: High-Precision Device Inspectionapr 2026
- Zero-Shot Auto-Labeling with VLMsmar 2026
- Computer Vision for Semiconductor Inspectionfeb 2026
- How to Build an Edge Vision System for Weld Inspectionfeb 2026
- RF-DETR vs. YOLO: Choosing the Right Architecturejan 2026
A Machine Learning-Driven Modelling Framework for Predicting Redox Flow Battery Performance Using Pore Network Simulations
SSRN · jul 2026 · with J. S. Khan and M. van der Heijden
a feedforward surrogate trained on 2,215 pore-network simulations predicts overpotential, current density, and pressure drop at R² above 0.96 in milliseconds