Kiaan Mittal
I'm a 14 y/o student founder & AI builder.
- - Shipping products & learning in public
- - Building long-term in the AI/Creator space
- - Preparing for Apple Swift Student Challenge 2026
Tomorrow is my 14th birthday! 🎂
Leveling up to 14. Another year of shipping products, learning, and building cool things. Let's make it a great one! ✨
Software
Sense
AI-powered visual understanding app that helps users understand the world around them using camera-based context and natural language explanations. Designed with accessibility, learning, and emotional UX in mind.
AI-powered visual understanding app that helps users understand the world around them using camera-based context and natural language explanations. Designed with accessibility, learning, and emotional UX in mind.
Carve (FirstHello)
AI-powered outreach assistant that helps creators and founders write human-sounding cold emails, DMs, tweets, and follow-ups. Focuses on clarity, tone matching, and explaining why messages work.
AI-powered outreach assistant that helps creators and founders write human-sounding cold emails, DMs, tweets, and follow-ups. Focuses on clarity, tone matching, and explaining why messages work.
Stealth Startup
Currently building a stealth product in the AI/creator space. Details intentionally undisclosed.
Currently building a stealth product in the AI/creator space. Details intentionally undisclosed.
How I work
I like working in undefined problem spaces. I break ideas into small MVPs, ship fast, get feedback early, and iterate. I care more about progress than polish, and I’m comfortable learning new technical domains when the problem demands it.
Writing
Week 1: Kiaan's Build Log!!
Yo, You’re Early (Let’s Build Together) — The start of my public building journey.
Why I'm betting on Swift
My journey with the Apple ecosystem, preparing for the Swift Student Challenge, and why native apps still matter in the AI era.
My journey with the Apple ecosystem, preparing for the Swift Student Challenge, and why native apps still matter in the AI era.
The Student Founder Advantage
Leveraging constraints, time, and curiosity to build products that matter while still in school.
Leveraging constraints, time, and curiosity to build products that matter while still in school.
Achievements
School Hackathon – Winner
Won a school-level hackathon focused on building a functional app within a limited timeframe. Led product direction, UI flow, and core logic, and presented a working prototype that stood out for clarity, usefulness, and execution speed.
Won a school-level hackathon focused on building a functional app within a limited timeframe. Led product direction, UI flow, and core logic, and presented a working prototype that stood out for clarity, usefulness, and execution speed.
Interschool Presentation Competition
Participated in an interschool presentation competition focused on idea clarity, storytelling, and visual communication. Recognized for structured thinking, clean slides, and confident delivery.
Participated in an interschool presentation competition focused on idea clarity, storytelling, and visual communication. Recognized for structured thinking, clean slides, and confident delivery.
Apple Swift Student Challenge
Participated in the Apple Swift Student Challenge 2025 with an original Swift-based project. Currently building and aiming for Swift Student Challenge 2026 with a stronger focus on usability, design, and accessibility.
Participated in the Apple Swift Student Challenge 2025 with an original Swift-based project. Currently building and aiming for Swift Student Challenge 2026 with a stronger focus on usability, design, and accessibility.
Experience
Founder / Independent Builder
Built and launched multiple digital products across AI tools, creator utilities, and productivity software. Handled ideation, UI/UX, monetization thinking, and iteration.
Built and launched multiple digital products across AI tools, creator utilities, and productivity software. Handled ideation, UI/UX, monetization thinking, and iteration.
E-commerce Website (Failed Experiment)
Built and launched an e-commerce website that did not succeed commercially. Included intentionally as a learning experience that shaped a stronger focus on validation and distribution.
Built and launched an e-commerce website that did not succeed commercially. Included intentionally as a learning experience that shaped a stronger focus on validation and distribution.
Manav Mangal Smart School
Student.
Student.
Services / Collaboration
MVP Development
Turn your idea into a working product fast. Focus on crucial core loops and clean Next.js/Swift architectures.
AI Integration
Embed highly contextual LLM agents, voice, or vision logic into your existing applications seamlessly.
Stack
Ready to build something?
I'm always open to discussing new ideas, AI experiments, or potential collaborations.