riddhi patel

hey :) i'm riddhi but you can call me rp!

i'm interested in a lot of things! but lately i've been especially curious about AI systems and developer tools that help simplify complex technology. i care deeply about seamless payments, equitable financial access, and the infrastructure that makes online spaces safer, more expressive, and easier to trust.

currently i am based between nyc & sf and my personal interests lie in yoga, snowboarding & sandboarding (yes it's a thing), music making, sneaker collecting, gaming (valorant & minecraft).

previously, i worked on data center automation at AWS on their hardware/software team in Seattle, researched and tested zero knowledge proof systems across AI applications + internal tooling at Franklin Digital Assets Team, & co-authored a white paper with UC Berkeley's LIFT Lab and Ripple analyzing stablecoin architectures and deployment models for financial inclusion.

i recently graduated from uc berkeley, where i spent most (okay, maybe all) of my time leading Blockchain@Berkeley — teaching 200+ students on campus, hosting fireside chats and events, grinding hackathons around the world, and delivering engineering projects with industry clients alongside an incredible group of builders, researchers, and educators who reshaped how i think about technology and collaboration.

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say hi: @riddhipatel@berkeley.edu