Avinash Jain

Hey there! I'm Avi. I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2022 and I currently live at home in San Jose.

I'm working out of my garage exploring the intersection of generative AI and educational content, specifically the creation and distribution of personalized videos.

For the last 8 years, I've been an online instructor, teaching over a million students how to code through Udemy courses, YouTube videos and projects on my own platform, The Codex.

Questions I'm thinking about:

  1. How can I extract more value from my existing content?
    I'm exploring this via AI-dubbing of my courses. 1,000+ students currently enrolled in dubbed courses in Hindi, Portuguese, Chinese and more with an average rating of 4.3 stars.
  2. How can I generate the visuals to a programming tutorial?
    Transcripts and human-like voice cloning can now be generated. With visuals, I can create and personalize any video on any programming subject.
  3. What makes you take a specific course?
    The content for every Python course is the same, it's the instructor and their voice and reputation that matters. With the generation of video content, I can hyper-personalize the instructor to every student.
Twitter
@avinashj1
GitHub
@TheCurryMan
Email
avinashj@berkeley.edu

Last updated: Sep 6th, 2023

Readings

Blue: highly recommend
    Three Body Problem
    Exhalations
    Ticket Masters
    Range
    Shoe Dog
    1984
    The Secret History of Food
    The Alchemist
    Born a Crime
    Old Man and the Sea
    The Two Cultures
    The Sun Also Rises
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    California Burning
    Eat a Peach
    Myth of Sisyphus
    The End of the World is Just the Beginning
    The Stranger
    The Dream Machine
    Tao of Pooh
    Brave New World
    The Biggest Bluff
    Crime and Punishment

Past Experience

Eat. Code. Sleep. Repeat.
co-founder · NFT infrastucture on Solana
6m+ transactions, 40k mau
Blend
PM · innovation research in homebuying journey
co-founder · AI communication coaching platform
30k beta revenue, 2.5k speeches analyzed
director · led world's largest collegiate hackathon
Amazon
SWE · backend algos for the ads team
Apple
SWE · iOS features for Apple News
champion of the ping pong table

Teaching

"Hey guys, Avi here. Welcome back!"
co-founder · programming courses and videos
1m+ students, 70k subscribers, 300 hours of videos
CS 170
ugsi · taught algorithms, led discussions, made videos
Cubstart
instructor · iOS and web curriculum for beginners

Projects

Code. Build. Hack. It's time to hack.
VAAS
E.V.A.C
SyncUp
Talky
Iris
Guru
MedicAI
ICON
60Seconds
PinPoint
Rhythm

Running

2023 mileage: 330.6 mi · half marathon pr: 1:37:35
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Lifting

75 hard completed · 1000 lb club progress: 79%
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