hi, i'm mark.

cs & philosophy @ rice university.

interested in consumer apps, roblox dev, and philosophy.

currently

projects

venture

Rocademy

cofounder of a game development summer camp for middle schoolers

2024 - nowrocademystl.com ↗

intro

cofounded rocademy w/ ethan carter (@ uchicago), a hands-on coding camp built to teach students real game development through building projects on the roblox platform. our goal is to make coding practical, engaging, and accessible through real-world projects.

impact so far

  • $10,000+ earned in total revenue
  • 35+ students served, over 2 years
  • $1,000+ given in merit aid (partnered with launchcode)
01 / 03
venture

Scalehouse

deploying custom ai receptionist to service businesses

2026 - nowscalehouse.studio ↗

intro

cofounded scalehouse.studio @ rice university. we build & deploy ai recepionists to local service businesses. Deployed using vapi, twilio, and supabase.

elsewhere

in the past

  • made my first $5k in 9th grade building Roblox games.
  • started an education company doing $10k+ in revenue.
  • did social media for fun, grew youtube & tiktok to 15k+ follows and 5m+ views.
  • interviewed randos (like sam altman) on a dumb podcast. made the news.
  • earned a merit scholarship to rice university and admitted to uiuc cs.