Now Page - June 2026
last updated: june 2026
Current Mission
Ship a working rover prototype and establish Valinor Dynamics as a serious early-stage company - not a high school project.
→ everything else is secondary to this
Current Goals
This Month
Complete Scout sensor architecture design doc
In progress
This Quarter
First working hardware prototype of Scout
Planning
This Year
Valinor's first external demo + advisor board formed
Planning
Long Term
Internship at a defense tech company
Direction
Currently Learning
Robotics
Basics - hands-on experiments planned for summer 2026
Early
AI Agents
Agent frameworks, memory systems, multi-step reasoning
Mid
LLMs
Architecture, fine-tuning, prompt engineering, RAG systems
Mid
Defense Tech
Industry landscape, dual-use applications, policy context
Early
Dual-Tech
How civilian and defense technology intersect and compound
Early
Current Challenges
Hardware procurement
Lead times and budget constraints slow iteration speed significantly.
Research → build gap
Translating theoretical knowledge into working systems is the hard part.
Time management
Balancing deep technical work with company-building at 15 is a genuine constraint.
Finding the right mentors
Looking for people who've shipped real hardware or defense-adjacent systems.
What I'm Looking For
Mentors
Engineers or founders who've shipped in defense tech, robotics, or dual-use. Not theory - shipped products.
Collaborators
Students or early engineers interested in AI or systems. Execution-focused.
Conversations
Founders in dual-use AI or defense tech. Interested in how you think about the space.
Hackathons
Hardware-friendly competitions or robotics events with real scope.