Charlie Xue — CS & Statistics @ Cornell
Charlie Xue is a CS & Statistics student at Cornell
University and a software engineer at Pango (YC S26). He builds
full-stack AI applications and ML systems, currently focused on
early-stage startups. Contact: [email protected] · GitHub:
github.com/cx18121 · LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charles-xue.
About
I build full-stack AI applications and ML systems. Currently
focused on building for early-stage startups. SWE at Pango (YC
S26).
Projects
Sparrow
A campaign-based cold-outreach tool built for students
reaching out to startups. Sources contacts from VC portfolio
databases, generates an AI-personalized email per recipient
grounded in a per-company research report, and sends through
the user's own Gmail. Stack: TypeScript, React, Prisma,
PostgreSQL, Supabase, Anthropic API.
Spectre
A real-time 1v1 fighting game played with your phone as a
motion controller. The camera tracks punches and kicks via
pose estimation and you watch your silhouette fight. Stack:
Rust, TypeScript, React, MediaPipe, WebSockets, Docker.
CVE Intel
A natural-language search and analysis engine over the CVE
database. Ask a question in plain English and get back
semantically relevant CVEs with a briefing and citations.
Stack: Python, TypeScript, Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL,
pgvector, AWS Lambda, Terraform, Anthropic API.
Podium
A browser-based presentation practice tool. Records webcam
and microphone input, then scores delivery on eye contact,
filler words, and pacing using on-device ML and CV models.
Stack: TypeScript, React, MediaPipe, Whisper.wasm,
IndexedDB.
Philly Vibe Map
An interactive map of Philadelphia neighborhoods colored by
the dominant vibe derived from NLP analysis of 1.1 million
Yelp reviews, with a temporal slider showing change year
over year. Stack: Python, TypeScript, React, FastAPI,
BERTopic, DistilBERT, sentence-transformers, MapLibre GL.
Auto Shorts
A CLI pipeline that produces short-form videos end to end:
scrapes and scores content from Reddit and X, generates
scripts and video, and uploads to YouTube Shorts and
Instagram Reels. Stack: Python, FFmpeg, Playwright, SQLite,
Anthropic API, ElevenLabs, YouTube API, Instagram Graph API.
AlgoTrader Bridge
A trading bridge that receives TradingView webhook signals
and routes them to Interactive Brokers TWS for execution,
with a live dashboard of trading activity. Stack: Python,
FastAPI, SQLite, SQLAlchemy, IBKR TWS API, Docker.
SkyOps
An AI-powered charter flight operations platform that parses
booking requests from email and automates quoting, routing,
and pricing. Stack: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Anthropic
API, PostgreSQL.
VulnScan
A CLI tool that analyzes Python source for security
vulnerabilities using AST traversal, with AI-powered fix
suggestions via the Claude API. Stack: Python, Click,
Anthropic API.
Contact
Email [email protected] · GitHub github.com/cx18121 · LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/charles-xue