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Fireside chat with Mat Velloso

Brazil Conference at Harvard & MIT, 2025

Moderated a conversation with Mat Velloso, VP of Product at Google DeepMind, during the Brazil Conference at Harvard & MIT. We discussed the future of AI agents, the product development lifecycle at major tech companies, and career advice for engineers aiming for leadership roles. See highlights and links on my LinkedIn Featured page: LinkedIn Featured.

Podcast: Forrageira de Turing

Episode #018 (2024)

Joined the 'Forrageira de Turing' podcast to discuss the landscape of Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering. We covered my journey from Brazil to Harvard, the differences between academic research and industry application, and the evolving role of AI engineers. Find the episode link on my LinkedIn Featured page: LinkedIn Featured.

Day in a Life at Google

DiTL Google SWE Intern (2023)

A short vlog-style video showcasing a typical day working as a Software Engineer at Google. From the vibrant campus atmosphere and collaborative meetings to the technical challenges and perks of the office culture. Watch on Twitter

Projects

When Agents Prefer Hacking To Failure: Evaluating Misalignment Under Pressure

AI Safety LLM Agents Evaluation

An AI safety experiment analyzing evaluation hacking in language-model agents, combining controlled task design, behavioral analysis under pressure, and systematic testing across models.

[LessWrong post] · [GitHub] · [Course page]

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Capy Running Coach

Harvard AC215 LLM RAG WhatsApp

Our AC215 final project at Harvard: an AI-powered running coach that lives entirely on WhatsApp. We built a full-stack LLM system with RAG, fine-tuning, a WhatsApp interface, orchestration on GKE, and won Best of Show.

[Medium]

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Momento — Mentorship Program

Momento is a mentorship initiative that connects undergraduate technology students in Northeast Brazil with experienced professionals and alumni to accelerate their career development.

[Website]

Webdraw — Voice Mode - 2024

Built in my spare time and later shipped as a feature. With the Voice mode you can browse the canvas hands-free.

[Watch Demo]

Hire Labz - 2024

Automated scheduling, interviewing and managing HR platform. Using realtime voice agents.

[Early Demo]

GANdido Portinari

CycleGAN Computer Vision

Used a CycleGAN to generate images in the style of the paintings of Candido Portinari, a famous brazilian painter.

[GitHub]

Bass Tab Generator

AI LSTM Music

A project using LSTM networks to generate new bass tabs based on the Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Primus repertory.

[GitHub]

Binary Bot

AI Time Series Finance

Consists in a Bot that trade options contracts based on previous data using a Time series approach in EUR/USD. I received 100+ stars on GitHub.

[GitHub]

Helper Brasil Conta Comigo

Python Streamlit Pandas

A tool to help medical students find vacancies in the government's COVID-19 response program, filtering by distance and work sector.

Medway Student Allocation

Operations Research Optimization CPLEX

Allocating students to advisors based on compatibility and time constraints using IBM CPLEX.