San Francisco / 2026

Daniel as a baby in a playpen, mid-bite on a chicken leg, staring directly at the camera

Daniel Ajayi

CTO & co-founder @ Sorce (YC F25). MIT EECS ’25. I build AI agents that apply to jobs so humans don’t have to.

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Sorce CTO · co-founderYC F25

Tinder for jobs. Swipe right and our AI agent writes the application for you. Went viral on TikTok (1.1M views), approaching a million users, and Y Combinator let us in after we applied past the deadline.

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offer-watchHackMIT team

Parses your inbox for internship and job decisions. Won the HackMIT Interaction Prize — plus a North Face jacket and AirPods.

HackMIT · 2024
RoboTokensHackHarvard

Platform that converts crypto tokens into battling robots with programmable strategies.

2022
RateMyProtectorsHackMIT finalist

Cross-platform app built in React Native — top 10 of 147 submissions.

2021
smart-roomMIT class build

Whole-room automation: lights, appliances, and scenes controlled from an app over a local server. Built with friends on campus.

MIT · 2022
Curious Georgestupid and I love it

Chrome extension that replaces every image on the web with Curious George.

2021
Teddy the Depression Fighterhigh-school project

A mental-health app with a crisis-line button and a built-in screening exam.

Williamstown Sun · 2020
Clinical Notes SimplifierMIT EECS research

Chrome extension that uses ML to rewrite patient clinical notes in plain English.

2022

Experience

  • Citadel Securities
    Software engineering intern · returning class
    2024
  • Citadel Securities
    Software engineering intern
    2023
  • NVIDIA
    ASIC design intern
    2022
  • MIT EECS
    Student researcher
    2022

Education

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course 6-3 (B.S. Computer Science & Computer Engineering)
favorite classes — 6.5840 (Distributed Systems), 6.191 (Computation Structures)
2021 — 2025
↑ how I got in

I wrote a rap for my MIT application. Admissions loved it. 5,200+ organic streams on Spotify since.

Off-hours — piano, weightlifting, an overactive Spotify account, movies.

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