Tony Kam

Founder and product‑focused engineer: Tony co‑founded Lilac Labs (YC S24) to commercialize a voice AI product that automates drive‑thru order taking. He combines product thinking with engineering execution to build a latency‑sensitive, customer‑facing system aimed at QSRs. tonykamshek+1

Systems and embedded engineering background: Tony has hands‑on systems and embedded experience from early work on Irvine CubeSat (firmware and LED communication systems) through internships and roles at Intel (manufacturing/automation) and Tesla (infotainment and vehicle software). This background supports both low‑level firmware/real‑time work and higher‑level product engineering. tonykamshek+1

Active in the Berkeley engineering & ML community: During his EECS studies at UC Berkeley he participated in Machine Learning at Berkeley, served on course staff for CS61B, and engaged in student organizations — indicating both technical depth and community leadership in ML and CS education. tonykamshek+1

Public engineering portfolio and open‑source contributions: Tony maintains a visible GitHub (kamikariat) with multiple repositories (e.g., RepLearning, yc‑scraper) and a personal site that documents his projects and career; this public footprint demonstrates full‑stack and research‑adjacent work in ML, speech, and tooling. github+1