# Bilal Mustafa Sheikh > Founding engineer [My portfolio](https://www.bilalmustafa.net/) This is the public profile I share on my portfolio. Dates and contributions are included where confirmed; omitted details are not specified. ## About me I’m building at Klaris AI, working across engineering and product design. I also help founders build websites and apps. Before deciding what to build, I like to understand how someone works and what they’re trying to do. What feels obvious to me might not feel obvious to them, so I try to question my assumptions before building them into a product. I’ve always pictured a computer as a body, with code at its heart. AI brings the mind into that picture: how we learn, reason, and make sense of things. I’m curious about what that can teach us about building software. Originally from Pakistan, I grew up in Saudi Arabia and now live in London. ## Work ### Klaris AI Current workplace. [Company website](https://www.klaris.ai/) ### Casey 2024–2026 [Company website](https://www.casey.legal/) ### Cloudavian 2021–2024 [Company website](https://cloudavian.com/) ## Projects ### The Table App 2025 · Website & app A platform that brings people together over curated dinners in London. My contribution: I built the website and the app. [Project website](https://www.thetableapp.co/) ### Tokenize 2024 · Master’s project An AI platform for generating and customising smart contracts without needing Solidity expertise. My contribution: I designed the React interface and built the Python AI workflow behind it. Technologies: React, Material UI, Python, LangGraph, LangChain, OpenAI. ### Mindmate 2023 · Mobile app A student wellbeing app with journaling, mood tracking, resources, goals, and activities based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing. My contribution: I worked on the React Native app and its interface design. Technologies: React Native. ## Hackathons ### Tribunal Navigator - Event: Lawhive Hackathon - Date: 2026-05-30 - Result: First place - Prize: £5,000 team prize A prototype that draws on 12,000 real cases to explore competing arguments and assess a tribunal case. ### Drift - Event: Unicorn Mafia “To The Americas” - Date: 2026-04 - Result: Shortlisted A tool that connects work apps to understand workflows, propose automations for user approval, and let users edit them on a visual canvas. ### Cryptopia - Event: ETHGlobal Agentic Ethereum - Date: 2025-02 - Result: Winner An AI wallet for creating NFTs, tracking DeFi positions, and exploring onchain activity. My contribution: Worked on the frontend, backend, and AI orchestration. Technologies: Next.js, FastAPI, LangGraph. ### Echo - Event: Encode AI Hackathon - Date: 2024-03 - Result: Second place An interactive app that simulates fame through an AI-generated audience. My contribution: Built audience interactions and real-time content adaptation. Technologies: OpenAI, LangChain, Ollama. ### HumanStorage - Event: ETHGlobal London - Date: 2024-03 - Result: Second place · Filecoin category Decentralised personal file storage with file uploads, search, and chat. ### Code God - Event: Databricks Hackathon - Date: 2023-06 - Result: Honourable mention A Chrome extension that uses AI to help developers understand a codebase. My contribution: Built codebase navigation, automated documentation, and context-aware suggestions. Technologies: React, LangChain, Python. ### Cinetig Hackathon - Event: Cinetig Hackathon - Date: 2023-03 - Result: Winner A concept for Transport for Wales combining antisocial-behaviour reporting with AR station navigation for disabled and visually impaired travellers. ### Hack the Diff - Event: Hack the Diff - Date: 2023-02 - Result: Winner A streamlined donation platform, built at Mind’s Hack the Diff hackathon. ### Cardiff NLP Hackathon - Event: Cardiff NLP Hackathon - Date: 2022-11 - Result: Winner A web app for asking questions about data in Excel spreadsheets. ## Find me online - [X](https://x.com/bilallmustafaa) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilal-mustafa-sheikh/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/bilal-mustafa10)