Berkeley, CA
PT
Now building
Aegis — AML/KYT compliance at Kira
What I'm into
Basketball · One Piece · Concerts
Recommended reads
Hit Refresh · Shoe Dog · Even Eagles Need a Push
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
B.S. Business Administration & Computer Science
Expected May 2029 · Berkeley, CA
BASIS Peoria
High School High Honors Diploma · Peoria, AZ
GPA: 4.73 · ACT: 35 · SAT: 1520
14 AP Exams (All 4s and 5s)
Experience
Jun 2026 – Present
- Selected for a highly competitive two-month residency, building ML systems at the frontier of finance and technology alongside a small cohort of fellows.
May 2026 – Present
- Building agentic AI systems to automate KYT approvals and AML transaction monitoring on Kira's stablecoin-based global payment infrastructure.
- Deployed Latin American expansion, deploying automated compliance across Colombia, Mexico, and Lima.
Jun 2025 – May 2026
- Designed ML-based probabilistic Early Warning System to predict financial liquidity crises, improving accuracy by 7%. Research accepted at IEEE MIT URTC Main Technical Track.
- Designed physics-aware Early Warning System to predict hurricane-induced port disruptions, improving accuracy by over 11% and prediction times to under 20 seconds. Research received Best Paper Runner Up at IEEE ICDM UGHS.
Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
- Mentored by Morgan Stanley professionals over 5 months, exploring finance principles, market dynamics, and investment frameworks.
- Competed in Morgan Stanley Case Competition — constructed a corporate bond offering for Southwest Airlines as lead left bookrunner. Awarded finalist pitch (top 4).
Oct 2025 – Jan 2026
- Co-organized the largest youth-led hackathon in the US, raising $1,500,000 in sponsorships from over 30 companies including A16Z, Cursor, Lovable, and JPMorgan, reaching 1,500 participants nationwide.
Jun – Oct 2025
- Conducted market analysis, comparable company analysis, and DCF modeling to develop an investment report for initiation of Avenues Supermarket to a $3B portfolio.
- Presented findings to company CEO, featured on the Young Investors Society newsletter reaching over 25,000 monthly readers, and received 3rd / 1,000+ in the Global Stock Pitch Competition.
Distinctions
Ranked 3rd / 18,000 Varsity PF Internationally
2x Gold Tournament of Champions Qualifier
Arizona ASDCA Public Forum State Champion
2nd @ Stanford Invitational
3rd @ Jack Howe CSU Long Beach · 1st Speaker
5th @ Cal Invitational · 9th Speaker
3rd / 1,000+ @ YIS Global Stock Pitch Competition
Bloomberg Market Concepts Pilot Invitee
Best Paper Runner Up @ IEEE ICDM UGHS
Accepted @ IEEE ICDM UGHS
1st @ NARC Research Conference
Nexus AI Fellow — 1/50 selected nationally
Morgan Stanley Case Competition Finalist (Top 4)
Accepted @ IEEE MIT URTC Main Technical Track
Projects
IEEE ICDM UGHS · Best Paper Runner Up
FS-PREM
Physics-aware ML framework for predicting hurricane-induced port disruptions along the US Gulf Coast.
IEEE MIT URTC · Main Track · ID-240
Nexus
Probabilistic early warning system for detecting financial liquidity crises in intermediate US banks.
10,000+ users · 7 countries
Clusion
AI-native debate platform combining evidence retrieval, coaching, judge analytics, and tournament planning.
Adopted by Kira
Aegis
On-demand compliance system surfacing money-laundering patterns across SumSub transactions, with risk scores ready for compliance teams.
Publications
IEEE ICDM UGHS · Best Paper Runner Up
FS-PREM — Port Disruption Prediction
Physics-aware framework for hurricane-induced port disruption forecasting across 120,000+ advisory-port observations, improving AUC by 11% over baseline methods with 99% uncertainty coverage.
IEEE MIT URTC · Main Track · ID-240
Nexus — Financial Liquidity Crisis Early Warning System
Probabilistic ML-based early warning system integrating alternative data, improving predictive performance 664% and top-risk bank identification accuracy by over 2×.
Events
YC Startup School 2026
Chase Center, SF · Jul 25–26
Incoming — selected for YC's flagship Startup School at Chase Center, including $25,000 in free AI and cloud compute credits.
YC Startup Internship Expo
San Francisco, CA · Aug 15
Incoming — connecting with 40+ YC-backed startups hiring for internships and building together.
Resume
Shriraghav Ashok — Resume
University of California, Berkeley · CS & Business
Contact
- Emailshriraghav.a524@gmail.com
- Phone(623) 249-1112
- GitHubgithub.com/raghavashok24
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/shriraghav-ashok