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Rithwik Jayasimha

Rithwik Jayasimha

Hacker‑turned designer and product engineer

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San Francisco, California
Joined December 2025
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Summary

Product and industrial designer who ships accessible, hardware‑centric products: Rithwik co‑founded Clay Gorilla and led hands‑on industrial and product design work (Forus fundal camera, EasyFit adaptive clothing, Braille slate for mathematics). His portfolio and studio work show an emphasis on designing with empathy for underserved users and shipping end‑to‑end product design. claygorilla+2
Security practitioner and educator: Rithwik is a Pluralsight author with multiple courses on post‑exploitation and APTs, and has worked as an information‑security consultant and pen‑testing lead; his public course materials and author profile indicate sustained involvement in offensive security and security education. pluralsight+2
Builder of hardware tooling and developer‑facing products: he co‑founded findparts.in (a lightning‑fast component search for India) and has been involved in early‑stage product engineering roles (TensorFuse contractor, Opal Camera product engineer), demonstrating strengths in systems that connect software, hardware and supply chains. findparts+2
Community hacker and experimenter who applies practical ingenuity to accessibility problems: he co‑hosts Lagrange Point (a small lab/guild), documented and published the AirPods hearing‑aid bypass work (Substack), and received coverage in Wired and other outlets for making practical accessibility work for elders in India. substack+2

Work

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Writing

Bypassing regulatory locks, Faraday cages and upgrading your hearing

November 1, 2024

Detailed writeup of the group's work to enable AirPods Pro 2 hearing‑assist features in geoblocked regions — describes technical approach (Wi‑Fi SSID cycling, Faraday cage, logs) and accessibility motivation.

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Post Exploitation: Pillaging and Data Exfiltration (Pluralsight course)

February 1, 2024

Course covering strategies and techniques around pillaging compromised hosts and designing exfiltration paths, including modern defenses and bypasses.

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Post Exploitation: Performing Infrastructure Analysis (Pluralsight course)

May 1, 2022

Course introducing post‑exploitation and infrastructure analysis during penetration tests: enumeration of services/configuration and how to use that information.

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Hobbies

Hardware hacking — 'making bits and atoms misbehave' (tinkering with devices, building small labs and community build events). rithwik+1

Notes

SBSiddharth Balyansaid they've seen
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create or hack together solutions in a way that really impressed them with both their creativity and design skill.

Dec 9, 2025