Hi, I'm Dhruv.

Publications

CAD Bench (Accepted to ICML 2026 Workshop AIWILD)

A benchmark for language-model CAD agents with Build123D tasks, difficulty-weighted scoring, model harnesses, and a public leaderboard.

2026

EDA Bench (Accepted to ICML 2026 Workshop FAGEN)

A benchmark for agents that reconstruct KiCad PCB projects, combining frozen task packs with ngspice-driven I/O simulation graders.

2026

ThinkSwitch

A method for co-training paired instruct and thinking checkpoints, moving part of explicit reasoning into model weights with QLoRA and weight interpolation.

2026

Residual Controllers

Research on residual controllers for reasoning switches, exploring how controllers can steer when reasoning systems change strategies.

2026

Experience

A Sustainable Future

CEO

Building PCM, an AI app that helps schools understand and reduce paper use. Scaled it to 30,000 students across 150+ schools, trained PySR forecasting models, and lead a 20 person nonprofit team.

Oct 2023 - Present

University of West Virginia: SG-REAL Lab

GIS/Software Research Intern

Researching power grid resilience with 3D grid modeling and flood segmentation to find infrastructure that needs investment most.

Jul 2025 - Present

Dimension

Software Engineer Intern

Built integration infrastructure and product UI: external webhooks, hosted bots for Stripe, Vercel, and GitHub, and performance refactors that made the app much faster.

Jun 2025 - Sep 2025

University of Washington

Quantum Technical Writing Intern

Built tools for editing a quantum mechanics textbook, using Python and React to compare drafts and surface stronger paragraph versions.

Aug 2024 - Sep 2024

Awards and Honors

National Science Bowl

Team Captain

Founded Bellevue High School's first Science Bowl team and led it to a National Finals trip.

2021 - Present

Olympiad Awards

USACO Platinum
USAAIO National Finalist/Bronze Medalist

2024 - Present

ARC - The American Rocketry Challenge

Team Captain, two-time National Finalist

Captained a team of five building egg-lofting rockets for the national flight challenge.

2025

Projects

Muon

An infinite canvas web browser built with Electron and TypeScript.

Dec 2025

PromptMaxx

A tool to automate context gathering and applying changes when pair programming with online LLMs.

Jun 2025

Chat with Google Docs

A Google OAuth app for chatting with RAG over your Google Docs.

May 2025

MuseFalcon

A Falcon 40B-based model that generates music in ABC notation.

Jun 2023

Raspberry Pi Smart Glasses

$55 for a Linux desktop on your glasses.

Mar 2021

Education

Bellevue High School

  • 36 ACT, 100+ hours of community service, DECA ICDC finalist
  • President of Programming Club
  • Coach at Tyee Middle School and Odle Middle School programming clubs
Current
Dhruv Saini