About me
Journey.
I’m Akshay Abraham (Akshay K Rooben Abraham), a student and builder from Kottayam. User empathy shapes how I work: understanding someone’s needs and thinking through the whole experience.
Where that takes shape
What I’m working on.
Lyra is my primary focus, helping students reason through problems and build understanding. Alongside it, I’m building MNEMO for people in the early stages of memory loss, and Mitra as a caretaker system for later stages.
Explore the projectsThe latest moments first
Along the way.
People, projects, and the moments that changed how I build.
23–24 October 2026 · 1st place
AIBoomi Startup Weekend Kochi
Competed with Lyra as the youngest solo team in a 20-hour buildathon with 76 teams and around 140 participants. Won first place and received $10,000 in OpenAI API credits. The most meaningful part was seeing people connect with what I was building.
Read the LinkedIn postOctober 2026 · 1st place
HackTVM Access Point
At my first live hackathon, Chris V Jacob and I spent seven hours shaping the first versions of Mitra and MNEMO. Hosted by Good Shepherd School in Thiruvananthapuram, we finished first by points among the five teams advancing to Phase 2. Next, we’ll develop the projects further for the demo day in January.
April 2026 · A room full of builders
Y Combinator Startup School India
Selected for and attended YC Startup School India in April 2026. Learned from founders and other builders, with a few ideas that stayed with me: build with intention, launch, and listen closely to users.
Read the LinkedIn postFebruary 2026 · 1st place
SAMEEKSHA · Building momentum
Presented Lyra at SAMEEKSHA, part of SRISHTI at Saintgits College of Engineering, and won first place. Each conversation helped sharpen the system and the problem it was trying to solve.
Read the LinkedIn postNovember 2025 · 1st place
Hackfinity · Taking Lyra further
Won first place at Hackfinity, organised by HowNWhy Education at St. John’s Central School, Anchal. Another opportunity to share Lyra and listen to how people wanted to use it.
Read the LinkedIn postNovember 2025 · 2nd place
My first hackathon · Hack4Future
Took Lyra to my first hackathon, organised by Saraswathi Vidyanikethan, Elamakkara, Kochi. Won second place, met other builders, and brought back new questions to work on.
Read the LinkedIn post15 October 2025 · AI workshop
The first presentation. The first spark.
Lyra was just 24 hours old when I gave my first presentation at an AI workshop and community outreach event. Educators told me, “Call us immediately. We need it for our children.” That kind of response is often the first thing I hear when I present Lyra. More recently, AIBoomi judge Vineeth Rajagopal wrote, “I’ll wait for Lyra to come out and ask my kids to use it.” Moments like these show me the impact Lyra could have.
Always learning as I go.
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