Awards & Recognition
Professional achievements
Rise Global Winner
2024Schmidt Futures & Rhodes Trust
Selected as 1 of 100 global winners
Coca-Cola Scholar
2024Coca-Cola
Prestigious scholarship awarded to outstanding high school seniors
Prudential Emerging Visionary
2023Prudential Financial
Recognized for innovative social impact work
Elks Most Valuable Student Scholar
2024Elks Foundation
Scholarship recognizing academic excellence and leadership
National Merit Scholar
2024NMSC
Distinguished academic achievement based on PSAT/NMSQT performance
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
2023Gloria Barron Prize
Honoring young people who have made a significant positive impact
About
Hey, I'm Sebastian, or Sebby for short. I'm an incoming CS & MS&E student at Stanford, but am currently on gap year working at Palantir. I'm an amateur builder working in GovTech (and other areas) to bridge AI agents with B2B SaaS. I'm also deeply interested in breaking into VC.
In high school, I wrote policy briefs commisioned by the United Nations and Federal Register. I also represented the United States internationally in economics, and built a technology platform adopted by the United States Justice Department.
I love talking to cool people. If you have something you are working on, let's chat.
Awards & Recognition
Professional achievements
Rise Global Winner
2024Schmidt Futures & Rhodes Trust
Selected as 1 of 100 global winners
Coca-Cola Scholar
2024Coca-Cola
Prestigious scholarship awarded to outstanding high school seniors
Prudential Emerging Visionary
2023Prudential Financial
Recognized for innovative social impact work
Elks Most Valuable Student Scholar
2024Elks Foundation
Scholarship recognizing academic excellence and leadership
National Merit Scholar
2024NMSC
Distinguished academic achievement based on PSAT/NMSQT performance
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
2023Gloria Barron Prize
Honoring young people who have made a significant positive impact
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