story
I have always questioned things, and I have always enjoyed it. Why is it done this way? Who decided that? Most of the time the honest answer was “nobody thought about it.” So I stopped waiting for better solutions and started making my own.
// never satisfied with the solutions the world had to offer, so I kept making my own.
Hritvik Hooda
founder. builder. sold candy door to door in 7th grade. currently building Arlyn AI.
I've been starting things since 7th grade. Right now I'm building Arlyn AI, behavioral security for enterprise AI agents: it checks what agents actually do against what they were approved to do.
I study at the University of Washington ('28) and I'm in the Lavin Entrepreneurship Program.
now
- Building Arlyn AI. Design-partner pilots are open.
- Lobb is live at UW.
- BioLay is in Berkeley's StEP Incubator (F26).
by the numbers
- ventures started
- 12+
- raised and given away through my nonprofit
- $10k+
- students reached
- 1,000+
- place, Berkeley Haas Calvanize
- 1st
- person team led
- 15+
work
- Arlyn AI2026building
Behavioral security and observability for enterprise AI agents.
- Lobb2026live
Neighbors in the same building buy and sell everyday items, delivered in about ten minutes.
- BioLay2026won
The AI back office independent rehab clinics can't afford to hire.
- Skillbridge2023ended
Hyperlocal tutoring that matched students and tutors by shared interests.
- Apprentice AI2023–2025ended
A 501(c)(3) for AI education.
contact
The fastest way to reach me is LinkedIn.