Hi, I'm Vidushi.

I'm a 17-year-old builder in London who's passionate about using tech to solve real-world problems.

Currently

  • building at the intersection of AI, biotech and climate
  • in my final year of sixth form in London

Previously

  • founded Metanome AI, using AI to match patients with the right antidepressant first time
  • co-founded SucroSoil, a hydrogel fertiliser that helps soil hold water through drought
  • explored finance @ CIBC, Barclays & ABN AMRO

Projects

Things I've built

click through to the work

Recognition

  • NASA Space Apps · top 3 of 15,000 in my division
  • Moonshot Pirates Climate Challenge · top 7 of 3,500+
  • NFTE World Series of Innovation · top 10 of 1,800+
  • Youth Impact Challenge · top 3 of 200+, $10,000 prize
  • YIC Change Makers Hackathon · 3rd place
  • Waterloo Policy Paper Competition · 3rd of 300+
  • CREST Gold Award
  • Cited in a Springer Nature research paper on quantum-computing adoption (Quantum ML for antibiotics)
  • Cited in a 2025 research article in Computers in Biology and Medicine (Quantum ML for antibiotics)

Code

Coding projects

machine learning for medicine, plus a little quant finance

All my writing on Medium →

Experience

Where I've been

  • CIBC · Jane StreetQuant finance discovery week / work placementMarkets, trading and the maths behind them
  • STEM_ETeam lead, data analyticsLeading a data team and turning numbers into decisions
  • ABN AMROWork experienceDerivatives clearing and post-trade operations
  • QinetiQWork experienceDefence science and engineering
  • NASACitizen scientistCollecting data for dark matter research

Contact

Let's connect and learn together

A startup idea, a research collaboration, an internship or a painting recommendation: I'd love to hear from you.

vidushivs1@gmail.com LinkedIn GitHub

Thanks for stopping by my corner of the internet, Vidushi

Interests

The Museum of Me

The paintings, ancient wonders, thinkers and books that made me. Click anything in the room to read its label.

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The Museum of Vidushi

On a phone, swipe the room sideways to see the bookshelf.

Case file no. 1

The Theory Board

My favourite theories in philosophy, maths, physics and computing, and the strings that tie them together. Click a card to follow its strings, or drag cards around to make your own board.

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psst: the cards can be dragged

How to read this board

Every string is a real connection

Pick a card on the board. Its strings light up, and the notes on each string explain how the two ideas are linked.