Neel Shanmugam
COO @ Cluely | Z-Fellow | Columbia dropout
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder, COO
2025 - Current
Co-Founder, CTO
2024
Fixing technical interviews
Prompt Engineer and ML Intern
2024 - 2024
Writing cool prompts and designing AI systems!
Full Stack Engineer
2023 - 2023
Built MVP for financial data analytics platform.
Commercial Operations and Sales Intern
2023 - 2023
Led digital customer engagement initiatives.
SpringWorks Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops medicines for patients with severe rare diseases and cancer.
Raised $1,015,500,000.00 from EcoR1 Capital, Boxer Capital, Invus Opportunities, Deerfield and Perceptive Advisors.
Product Engineering and Marketing Intern
2022 - 2023
Spearheaded data-driven marketing campaign.
AvoMD is reimagining decision support with no code software and point-of-care innovation.
Raised $8,000,000.00 from StartUp Health, AlleyCorp, Epsilon Health Investors, Dunamu & Partners, MedMountain Ventures, Mirae Asset, Mount Sinai Innovation Partners, 500 Startups Canada, Columbia University and Las Olas Venture Capital.
Computational Biology Undergraduate Researcher
2022 - 2023
Developed computational pipeline for rapidly designing mutation-resistant antiviral therapeutics.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center is a clinical and educational enterprise that offers medical, dental, and nursing services.
President
2020 - 2022
Helped students find research opportunities.
Computational Biochemistry Undergraduate Researcher
2020 - 2022
I developed scripts and prepared systems for molecular dynamics simulations to evaluate three inhibitors as treatment for the PARP-1 (a human enzyme) V762A cancer variant. I examined simulation results using trajectory and electron decomposition analysis along with statistical tests and designed visual representations to effectively highlight results. I identified key residues and evaluated functionality of PARP-1 inhibitors, allowing drug designers to engineer more effective medicines that save more lives.
Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Researcher
2020 - 2022
I created Abraham model equations to predict solute transfer into environmentally-friendly solvents by analyzing volumetric and spectrophotometric measurements. I calculated enthalpies of vaporization and sublimation for 33 alkynes coated with squalene and apiezon L stationary phases with linear free-energy relationships.
Early Summer Research Student
2020 - 2020
I analyzed optical brain imaging data collected during an economic experimental paradigm to evaluate the interaction between decision-making and emotions. Additionally, I quantified human perception of decision-making process with Likert scale responses.
Founder
2020 - 2020
Education
Undergraduate
2022