ReceiptCal
Private, lower-friction nutrition tracking for people who receive supported digital food receipts.
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I build intelligent systems that turn complex technology into real-world impact.
I’m Mihir—a founder and engineer focused on technology commercialization across AI, Web3, and wireless communication. I bring scientific problem-solving and technical standards into practical product and customer work. Alongside my Technical Account Manager / Application Engineer role at MathWorks, I build independent ventures.
FounderEngineer
Antenna toolsRF + AI
ReceiptCalAI + nutrition
Open MediaConnected systems
Engineering leadershipAgentic AIWireless & RF systemsProduct commercializationPreventative-health technology
Ventures
What I’m building
Products exploring how AI and thoughtful engineering can make everyday tasks easier.
Manifest
An AI-assisted workspace for idea validation, connected startup documents, and investor collaboration.
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Open Media
A cross-platform social and messaging system with transparent feeds and explicit provider capabilities.
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A closer look at the work
The common thread is translation: from electromagnetic models to usable tools, from fragmented data to accountable systems, and from ambitious product ideas to working infrastructure.
ReceiptCal
Automatic nutrition tracking from supported email receipts, designed to reduce the manual overhead of calorie and macronutrient logging.
- Problem
- Nutrition logs fail when recording every meal becomes a second job.
- Role
- Founder and product engineer across the app, receipt pipeline, privacy model, and nutrition infrastructure.
- Approach
- A private receipt address, reviewable results, and conservative handling when nutrition cannot be resolved.
AI-assisted antenna design
Making computationally difficult RF optimization more accessible inside established engineering workflows.
- Problem
- High-fidelity antenna optimization is expensive and slow.
- Role
- Software engineer working across algorithms, APIs, and product experience.
- Contribution
- Worked on bringing surrogate-model optimization into MATLAB antenna-design workflows.
Open Media
A people-first social and messaging system designed around transparent feeds, canonical identities, and honest connector boundaries.
- Problem
- Communication is fragmented by provider while platforms expose very different capabilities.
- Role
- Product architect and engineer across cross-platform UX, identity, connectors, and privacy boundaries.
- Status
- Open-source private beta; core messaging is live while unavailable provider actions remain explicitly disabled.
More engineering, products, and experiments.
The complete collection brings together current work and earlier explorations.
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Los Angeles, CaliforniaAbout
An engineer who likes the whole problem.
My background spans software engineering, RF systems, engineering management, and early-stage products.
I have built engineering tools at MathWorks, translated complex technical work across teams and customers, and founded products in health, AI, and collaboration. I am most useful where a problem crosses boundaries—architecture and interface, model and workflow, technical feasibility and commercial value.
Outside work, I’m drawn to mountains, music, and the kind of long conversation that changes the shape of a problem.
- 2014–2018
Engineering foundations
Electronics and telecommunication at Symbiosis, with hands-on work in antennas and assistive hardware.
- 2017–2022
Engineering tools
From a MathWorks traineeship to software engineering, building applications for antenna and RF workflows.
- 2022–2024
Technology and business
Engineering Management at USC, alongside entrepreneurial projects exploring customer needs and commercialization.
- 2024–present
Customers and ventures
Technical Account Manager / Application Engineer at MathWorks, alongside independent product and founder work.
In good company
Working together
Perspectives from people I’ve learned from and built with.
Customer goals, clearly heard
“Mihir is an invaluable voice of the customer, keeping our work aligned with customer goals.”
Hans ScharlerConsulting AI Product Manager
Bringing out the best in people
“But he also has the rare trait of bringing out the talents and abilities in others he works with.”
Hovig TchalianProfessor, USC Marshall
Architecture that lasts
“He is an expert at design patterns and develops stable and reusable architecture.”
Shashank KulkarniEngineering Manager, MathWorks
From invention to opportunity
“He also explored opportunities to productize the prototype. Mihir communicates well and connects easily with people.”
Arun Pande, PhDResearch Translation Consultant
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Ideas & writing
Ideas from the work—and beyond
Essays on emerging technology, engineering judgment, and the infrastructure around new products.
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If something here connects with what you’re building, investing in, or exploring, I’d be glad to hear from you. I welcome conversations about ventures, collaboration, and professional opportunities.
hello@mihirkavishwar.com