Param Thakkar

Building Versine (YC F26) – the payments infrastructure to let your AI send and receive money.

Currently on leave from Waterloo. Previously worked on:

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Projects

1pt URL Shortener

A simple URL shortener with protection against malicious redirects

Route 66 Live Tracker

A live tracker for my SF->Toronto road trip, with an auto generated map and timeline

Poker Solitaire

Create a higher 5-card poker hand than the dealer

Poker Analytics

Analyze poker now game sessions

Meme Adviser

A Reddit bot that analyzes the stock market for r/MemeEconomy

Videocloud

A CLI that generates word clouds from YouTube video transcripts

Timeline

A microblog of things I've done. Click an event to see more details!

2026
Jun
Attended a FIFA game at Levi's Stadium
May
Collected poker chips from 15 casinos in Las Vegas
May
Went hiking and kayaking in Lake Tahoe
Apr
Toronto→SF road trip
Mar
New York onsite
Feb
Visited Orlando & Kennedy Space Center
2025
Dec
Road trip through the Florida Keys
Sep
Joined Quora
Sep
Cottage trip in Quebec
Aug
Visited Singapore
Aug
India trip
Jul
Ran the SF 10k
Jun
Went camping in Yosemite
Jun
Went surfing for the first time
May
Joined Glean
2024
Nov
SF visit
Oct
Saw the Attack on Titan musical in New York
Sep
Joined Expertise.ai
Aug
Visited Vancouver & Seattle
May
Went canoeing in Long Point
May
Visited Trinidad
Mar
Road trip to Boston
Jan
Joined Dropbase
2023
Dec
Visited New York
Dec
Attended the Champions Chess Tour 2023
Sep
Attended TechCrunch Disrupt
Sep
Attended HackMIT
Jun
Judged JAMHacks 7
May
Joined zipBoard
Apr
Participated in Jane Street's PuzzleCity
Jan
Attended ConUHacks in Montreal
2022
Dec
Judged hack::peel
Sept
Started CS @ Waterloo
May
Offered the Schulich Leader Scholarship
2021
Aug
Went skydiving
Jul
Participated in Shad
Apr
Organized Lighthouse Hacks
2020
Oct
Started Coding Club at Port Credit SS
2018
Sep
1st place pitch @ Imagine Hackathon
2017
Jan
Received App of the Month award from MIT App Inventor