Phu Quach

Founder / AI Engineer / Builder

I'm Phu Quach — a founder who builds first and explains later. I turn ideas into shipped products, usually in a weekend.

I'm a Computer Science student at Cal State Long Beach with a Machine Learning specialization, currently co-founding an AI startup and working as an AI Software Engineer at Fetch.ai. Across seven hackathon and datathon wins and fourteen-plus awards, I've learned one thing: the fastest way to understand a problem is to ship something that solves it. When I'm not writing code, I'm directing BeachHacks or growing CSULB's ACM community as Vice President.

Experience

Where I've built, researched, and led.

Founder Jan 2026 — Present

Tabescere · Self-employed · San Francisco Bay Area

AI agent that learns and executes workflows across any software on your computer, even apps it has never seen before — letting anyone automate their entire desktop and build workflows across any application using natural language or demonstration.

AI Software Engineer May 2026 — Aug 2026

Fetch.ai · Internship · United States

Building autonomous AI agents on the uAgents framework and the ASI:One platform.

AI & Machine Learning Fellow Mar 2026 — Present

Break Through Tech · Contract · Remote

Selected AI/ML fellow contributing to applied machine learning projects with academic and industry mentorship.

Software Engineer May 2025 — Aug 2025

CodeDay · Internship · Remote

Building and maintaining data pipelines with Dagster to orchestrate ETL workflows.

AI Researcher Jul 2024 — Dec 2025

California State University, Long Beach · Part-time · On-site

Researching agentic AI systems and computer vision; extending multi-agent self-improvement architectures (CGEV) fine-tuned on PubMedQA.

Software Engineer Jan 2026 — Apr 2026

ThinkNeuro, LLC · Internship

Built full-stack applications end-to-end, from UI to backend services.

Software Engineer Lead Jul 2025 — Jan 2026

Grow with Google Scholar · Apprenticeship · Remote

Selected Google apprenticeship scholar; led a team through a software engineering curriculum and capstone project.

Vice President Jun 2024 — May 2025

ACM at CSULB · Seasonal · California

Leading CSULB's computer science community — workshops, technical talks, and industry connections for hundreds of members.

Hackathon Director Sep 2024 — Apr 2025

BeachHacks · Part-time · Long Beach, CA

Secured $11,000+ in funding and 10+ sponsors; led a 20+ person team to build the largest hackathon in Long Beach.

Achievements

7× hackathon winner. 14+ recognitions. Still counting.

🥇01

1st Place VoiceBridge USC AI Hackathon

Voice control & desktop automation
Won Dain's Challenge track

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🥇02

1st Place NeuroFlow BeachHacks — Fetch.ai Track

Multi-agent study companion
Built on Fetch.ai uAgents

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🥇03

1st Place AgenticHire Diamond Hacks, UCSD — Fetch.ai Prize

Solo build, hiring pipeline automation
Fetch.ai uAgents framework

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🥇04

1st Place Mindfulness AI AWS Cloud Hackathon, UC Irvine

AI wellness app built on AWS
Shipped solo in 24 hours

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🥈05

2nd Place CA Labor Code § 512(a) California Business Datathon, LMU

Analyzed 25,052 employee shifts
Flagged $232,401 in exposure

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🏅06

Best Use — blackboard.io (MLH) Nova AI HackTech, Caltech

Voice-first desktop automation agent
MLH award winner

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🏅07

Best Use — Remy Planforce MindStudio

AI planning tool
Built on the MindStudio platform

Watch demo →

✨08

Top 3 Finalist Sunstone Innovation Challenge 2026 · $5,000 Funding Accelerator

Top 3 of the full cohort
$5,000 funding accelerator

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🏆09

Top 14 of 71+ Warehouse AI YC HUD Frontier/RSI RL Hackathon

RL system for warehouse operations
Top 14 of 71+ submissions

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📞10

YC Follow-up Apex AI YC Call My Agent Hackathon

AI calling agent
Follow-up from YC Partner David Lieb

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🎙️11

Sponsor Follow-up VoiceShield Forge YC Voice Agents Hackathon

Voice security agent
Personal follow-up from the sponsor company

🩺12

Notable Recognition Materna Legion Health, Cursor, xAI Hackathon

Autonomous maternal health voice agent
Coffee chat with a YC-backed CTO

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Leadership

Building communities, not just products.

BeachHacks organizing team on the CSULB campus steps

BeachHacks organizing team · Long Beach, CA

Hackathon Director BeachHacks · Sep 2024 — Apr 2025

Directed CSULB's flagship hackathon from the ground up — sponsor outreach, budget, logistics, and a 20+ person organizing team — to build the largest hackathon in Long Beach.

$11K+

Raised

10+