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Kyle Vasulka

AI product builder, creative technologist, and cofounder of TimeSurgeLabs.

Current focus

Building AI-accelerated apps, developer tools, media systems, and ambitious prototypes across software, hardware, AR, and robotics.

Project history

A long trail of shipped experiments.

From AI apps and game prototypes to AR, robotics, drone systems, and hardware test rigs.

Featured experiment

Manga Generator and Viewer

A manga generation and reading demo that turns local story folders into a browser-native library, with mobile reading, progress tracking, and zoomable pages.

Featured experiment

Harmonic Piano

A synthesizer interface for sculpting the harmonic content of each note in real time. Draw the spectrum, hear the timbre shift, and save tones as playable presets.

Harmonic Piano synthesizer mockup

Visual systems

Software that reaches into the physical world.

The work spans AI tools, 3D games, drones, AR interfaces, robotics, and custom motor-driver hardware.

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Showing 43 of 43 projects.

Studio and AI products

TimeSurgeLabs and applied AI systems

AI media and games eraDemo

Manga Generator and Viewer

A manga generation pipeline and reader demo that loads local story folders and supports mobile reading, progress tracking, and zoomable pages.

Next.jsManga readerInteractive UI
DemoCreative tool
Current studio workDemo

TimeSurgeLabs

Cofounder of an AI-accelerated software development studio focused on building apps with AI.

AIWeb appsProduct systems
AI product studioSoftware services
Current studio workNo demo listed

MemeSmithy

An app to consume and generate memes using generative AI combined with image manipulation APIs.

Generative AIImage APIsWeb app
Creative toolAI media
Current studio workNo demo listed

PromptProxy

An OpenAI-compatible API for routing requests across many different AI models.

APILLM routingOpenAI-compatible
Developer toolAI infrastructure
Current studio workNo demo listed

MetaPrompter

A web app that helps create strong AI prompts for arbitrary tasks.

LLMsPrompt engineeringWeb app
Developer toolProductivity
Current studio workNo demo listed

MetaMemePrompter

Given a meme, identifies why it is funny and creates a reusable prompt for generating memes in that style.

Vision AIGenerative AIPrompt engineering
Creative toolAI media
Current studio workNo demo listed

VideoQ

An API for asking questions over video using Gemini's ability to understand video content.

GeminiVideo understandingAPI
Developer toolVideo AI
Current studio workNo demo listed

blogeval

An AI eval that grades how well AI systems generate blog posts.

LLM evalsAI gradingAutomation
Developer toolAI evaluation
Current studio workNo demo listed

LeadGen

Uses AI and web scraping to find leads from a specific want or need prompt.

AI agentsWeb scrapingData extraction
Sales automationBusiness tool
Current studio workNo demo listed

BirdBrain

Uses AI to generate viral tweets.

LLMsSocial media automation
Creative toolMarketing automation
Current studio workNo demo listed

SearchBase

A local AI RAG system for companies to query internal documentation.

RAGEmbeddingsLocal AI
Developer toolKnowledge base
Current studio workNo demo listed

Summarizer

A Chrome extension for summarizing YouTube videos.

Chrome extensionLLMsYouTube
ProductivityBrowser extension
Current studio workNo demo listed

InfluencerGPT

Fine-tuned LLMs on influencer transcripts, creating influencers you can talk to.

Fine-tuningLLMsTranscript data
Conversational AIAI media

AI media, games, and developer tools

Fast experiments across sound, video, games, and code

AI media and games eraDemo

Harmonic-Piano

A synthesizer where you select which harmonics individual notes should play, live-adjusting each note's timbre.

Audio synthesisWeb audioInteractive UI
Music toolCreative tool
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

AIPlaysMoonLander

A reinforcement learning PPO algorithm trained on a MacBook to play MoonLander.

Reinforcement learningPPOPython
Game AIMachine learning experiment
AI media and games eraDemo

CodexGames

A demonstration of how games can be quickly created and iterated on with OpenAI Codex.

OpenAI CodexWeb gamesRapid prototyping
GameDeveloper tool
AI media and games eraDemo

Twitch-tools

A Twitch chat text-to-speech app using Piper TTS, built with Tauri, Vite, Tailwind, shadcn, and Rust.

TauriRustViteTailwindshadcn/uiPiper TTS
Streamer toolDesktop app
AI media and games eraDemo

AI Gen FPS

An AI-generated multiplayer FPS video game built with Express and Three.js.

ExpressThree.jsMultiplayer web
GameAI-generated prototype
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

Tiktokify

Generates TikTok videos from a podcast using AI.

Generative AIVideo processingAutomation
AI mediaContent repurposing
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

Shortgen

Generates short-form videos using AI.

Generative AIVideo processingAutomation
AI mediaContent generation
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

CodeShot

A code screenshot API that turns submitted code into a polished VS Code-style image.

APICode renderingImage generation
Developer toolDesign automation
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

VideoScript LLM

Fine-tuned Llama, an open source LLM, on YouTube video scripts.

LlamaFine-tuningYouTube data
AI mediaResearch experiment
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

Manimator

An API that creates Manim animations from a text description.

ManimLLMsAPI
Developer toolAnimation generation
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

FFMPEGGPT

A GPT-style model trained on FFmpeg commands for generation workflows.

FFmpegLLMsCommand generation
Developer toolVideo workflow
AI media and games eraNo demo listed

DNDSummarizer

An app that summarizes what happened in the last adventure for a D&D group.

LLMsSummarizationWeb app
Game aidProductivity

AI orchestration and research systems

Experiments in multi-agent workflows

AI orchestration eraNo demo listed

LLU

LLM Logic Unit: an experiment in smarter AI systems where one AI creates workflows to complete tasks.

LLMsWorkflow orchestrationAgents
AI researchAgent system
AI orchestration eraNo demo listed

CompanyHerd

Used a web of small LLMs in a corporate ladder structure to complete tasks.

Multi-agent systemsLLMsTask orchestration
AI researchAgent system

Hardware, AR, robotics, and early work

Physical computing, AR systems, and competition projects

Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Ivy

A stepper motor driver designed to fit perfectly on the back of a stepper motor.

PCB designStepper motorsEmbedded hardware
HardwareRobotics
Hardware and AR eraDemo

SoldAR

A mixed-reality feedback soldering iron.

Mixed realityHardwareSoldering
AR toolHardware
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Heroes of the Swarm

Software that makes drones fly in arbitrary 3D shapes provided by a 3D model.

Drones3D modelsRobotics
RoboticsDrone system
Hardware and AR eraDemo

Disaster Link

Drones that drop Wi-Fi pucks for disaster-response scenarios.

DronesWireless networkingHardware
Disaster responseRobotics
Hardware and AR eraDemo

PathFindAR

AR Apple Maps before it was cool.

ARMobile appMaps
NavigationAR app
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

StepByStep

A shoe that counts your steps and lets you compete with friends.

WearablesSensorsMobile app
FitnessHardware
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Mobile Mouse

An app that turns your smartphone into a mouse.

Mobile appInput controlNetworking
UtilityProductivity
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Vitamex AR app

An AR marketing app that showcases features of a Vitamex blender.

ARMobile app3D product demo
MarketingAR app
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

AR Knights Tour

A Microsoft HoloLens app that lets a user perform the Knight's Tour algorithm on a physical chessboard.

HoloLensARAlgorithms
EducationAR app
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Visual Music Assistant

A HoloLens app that teaches piano from a MIDI file, paired with a custom PCB using a microphone and FFT to detect acoustic piano notes.

HoloLensMIDIPCB designFFTAudio analysis
Music educationAR app
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

CarID

AI that detects a car's color, make, and model.

Computer visionMachine learning
AI utilityVision system
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Stepper Motor Driver

Stepper motor circuit boards and systems for swapping driver ICs and sense resistor values while testing drivers on a torque transducer.

PCB designStepper motorsTorque testing
HardwareTest rig
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Stepper accelerated testing

A stepper-motor test rig simulating 10,000 movements on injection molded parts for reliability testing.

Stepper motorsReliability testingAutomation
Test rigHardware
CollegeNo demo listed

NASA SUITS

In college, created a spacesuit user interface for astronaut spacewalks using Unity, Node, PHP, and MySQL.

UnityNode.jsPHPMySQL
Space UICompetition project
High schoolNo demo listed

VEX Robotics World Champion

In high school, created a robot that competed at state, national, and world levels.

VEX RoboticsEmbedded systemsMechanical design
RoboticsCompetition project
Hardware and AR eraNo demo listed

Elden-Ring

A phone booth that plays music for a DJ.

Interactive installationAudio playbackHardware
Music installationHardware

About

Software, AI, and hardware in one loop.

Kyle builds across the stack: product interfaces, AI systems, generative media tools, robotics, AR, embedded hardware, and the odd wildly specific prototype that proves an idea can work.