# Kiro Moussa

**Student · Founder · Designer · Human.**
Computer Science, Economics & Data Science — MIT, Class of 2029.

> Focusing on creating an impact to actually change and help the world.

- **Website:** https://kiro.city
- **Email:** kiro@mit.edu
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/kiromoussa
- **LinkedIn:** https://linkedin.com/in/kiromoussa
- **Instagram:** https://instagram.com/kiromoussa
- **Based in:** Cambridge / Boston, MA

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## About

Kiro Moussa builds AI-native products across GovTech, FinTech, and developer tooling. Born in Egypt and raised through the 2011 Revolution before moving to California at age 7, he's bilingual in Arabic and English and built between two worlds. He got his first taste of owning infrastructure at 12, running Minecraft servers on Windows Server 2016 — the shift from user to system architect. A low-income background taught relentless resourcefulness: squeeze everything from every opportunity.

He is a staff writer at *The Tech* (MIT's independent newspaper since 1881), was accepted into the **Y Combinator Startup School** June 2026 cohort, and was selected for the **TekTrek** student-founder residency in San Francisco (Summer 2026), where he presented SPECTR on day one.

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## Projects

### easymd — https://easymd.tech
Google Docs for Markdown, with MCP built in. Real-time collaborative editing that connects to any AI in one line, auto-syncing every `.md` in your repo.
*Type: Developer Tools, Model Context Protocol (MCP).*

### SPECTR — https://spectr.llc
The payment-integrity platform that finds compliance failures before the money leaves, and generates the compliance reports agencies are legally required to file. Targets city governments and public-fund compliance, positioned against the $800B+ federal grant stack.
*Type: GovTech, Payment Integrity. Role: Founder.*

### SignalVector — https://signalvector.live
Prediction-market trading engine. Five independent signal sources across Kalshi & Polymarket, Kelly-sized positions, ten risk checks per order.
*Type: FinTech, Prediction Markets.*

### Nystagmus Vision — https://sites.google.com/view/nystagmuskiro/
Computer-vision software counter-oscillating text to match eye movement, stabilizing reading for patients with nystagmus. Awarded 2x Silver at RCSEF.
*Type: Research, Computer Vision. Stack: JavaScript.*

### Plateform — https://plateform-two.vercel.app/
Personalized nutrition tracking, as easy as Apple Pay. Real-time dining-hall menus ranked against your goals. Reached ~100 active student users at MIT and supported menus for 10+ colleges by May 2026.
*Type: AI-native campus dining. Stack: React, Supabase.*

### RefGraph — https://plume.hackmit.org/gallery?search=refgraph&hackathon_id=hack-2025&page=1
Graph-native academic citation explorer built at HackMIT 2025. AI extracts concepts, maps citation networks, and surfaces hidden connections between papers.
*Stack: Python, HTML, CSS, PyTorch.*

### FirstPass
AI-native building-code compliance tool for architects, with Excalidraw integration for plan submission and automated code checking.

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## Journey

**Roots — Origins.** Born in Egypt. Grew up during the 2011 Revolution. Moved to California at 7. Bilingual in Arabic & English.

**2023**
- *Research:* Built Nystagmus Vision; 2x Silver at RCSEF.
- *Robotics:* Led FTC Robotics Team 8472 as Captain, writing Java for autonomous routines scoring up to 150 pts.
- *Community:* Volunteered 4–8 hrs/week at Loma Linda University Hospital. Founded the school Coding Club.

**2024**
- Won National Online Champions in Academic Decathlon.
- Accepted to QuestBridge National College Match.
- Applied to 40+ programs; selected for 13 fly-in programs across 9 states.

**2025**
- Enrolled at MIT (Computer Science, Data Science & Economics). Staff writer at *The Tech*.
- Built RefGraph at HackMIT 2025.

**2026**
- Building Plateform, FirstPass, and SPECTR.
- Accepted to Y Combinator Startup School (June 2026 cohort).
- Selected for the TekTrek SF founder residency (Summer 2026).

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## Skills

- **Programming:** Python, Java, Swift, C, JavaScript, TypeScript, Julia, MATLAB
- **Frameworks & platforms:** React, Next.js, Tailwind, Supabase, Vercel
- **Creative & systems:** Figma, GitHub, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, VirtualBox, Arch Linux, Canva

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