Agent Systems
ORCA
Deterministic policy gate and independent judge agent for AI-agent safety. Screens every action before execution.
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Griffins K. Lelgut. Building intelligent systems for the real world.
Griffins K. Lelgut builds accountable AI products, validation infrastructure, and human-centered software across research, startups, and global engineering teams.
Cornell Bowers CIS · Information Science
Independent builds
Ideas owned from problem to product.
AI Productivity
Noteleaf
Privacy-minded ambient meeting notetaker. On-device transcription, sub-second classification, NVIDIA Nemotron recaps.
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Nestopia
Rental marketplace with preference-weighted compatibility scores, listings, auth, and landlord–renter workflows.
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Turning complex problems into real-world impact.
Applied AI Engineer
AI Innovation Lab, Cornell Bowers CIS
August 2026 – Present
Building and deploying applied AI systems with the Bowers CIS AI Innovation Lab — agentic workflows, evaluation, and production-minded infrastructure for Cornell stakeholders.
Software Engineering Intern
Larsen & Toubro Semiconductor Technologies
June 2026 – August 2026
Plugin-based Python test automation for 500+ official NIST vectors at 100% conformance, plus an AI agent layer that triaged every failure across the pipeline.
Software Engineering Intern, Full-Stack
CRAIIVE
September 2025 – May 2026
Gemini-powered recipe pipeline across three production Flutter screens, with Firebase schema and indexing work that cut latency in live inventory workflows.
Teaching Assistant
Cornell Bowers CIS — Intro to Web Development
August 2025 – December 2025
Led weekly labs for 40+ students on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Co-designed rubrics and evaluation scripts that cut assignment turnaround by 30%.
Research Assistant & Webmaster
SMART Cornell — under Dr. Fridah Mubichi-Kut
2025
Webmaster and research support for Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams, including digital infrastructure for the carbon-markets field program in Kenya.
Project Coordinator
Accessible Media Resource Center, Cornell SDS
May 2025 – Present
Managed workflows, scheduling, and quality-control proofreading so students received accessible course formats on time.
Field report
The murky business of clean air
Cornell Business on CarbonWatch Kenya — the SMART dashboard and SMS/USSD system our team built after field interviews with Kenyan farmers and conservancies.
Selective programs
AI4ALL
AI Ignite Fellow & Accelerator
CodePath
Technical Interview Prep 101
Capital One
Analyst Early Internship Program Summit
Leadership & community
Treasurer
Cornell East Africans Together
Club budget, funding requests, and event finances.