Portrait of Alexi Canamo

Alexi Canamo

Manila / Ateneo / Bytespace

Hi, I’m Alexi.

I’m a 19-year-old founder and product engineer in Manila, currently at Bytespace. I build tools that students, startups, and communities actually use.

Now

What I’m working on.

Timeline

The longer trail.

Timeline filters

2026

work / May 2026 – Present

Product Engineer

Bytespace

Core Bot0 platform work: 8 product improvements in under a month, plus 5 reliability upgrades in one week.

startup + competition / Finalist, ongoing

Crystal

StartupQC Squad 3

StartupQC finalist exploring shared team memory and faster context recovery.

competition / Top 5 Finalist

SALBAR

First Naga Mayoral Hackathon

Top 5 of 200+ teams; offline-first emergency guidance selected for LGU incubation.

work / Jan 2026 – Present

Head of Product & Engineering

Sip & Scale

Product systems for 1,000+ builders, 50+ events, and 20+ cities.

2025

work / Sep 2025 – Present

Software Engineer Intern

NextPay (YC W21)

YC-backed fintech dashboard work that cut manual SME processing by 75%.

competition / 1st Runner-Up

Hakot

Ship or Be Shipped Hackathon

1st runner-up out of 80+ participants with an AI-assisted logistics marketplace.

leadership / Jul 2025 – Apr 2026

AVP for IT Skills & Development

Ateneo MISA

20+ student devs trained; event check-ins made 75% faster.

startup / May 2025 – Dec 2025

Founder

One Big Match

10-person team, 4 live event pilots, and 80+ student users.

leadership / Oct 28, 2025

How to build a QPI Calculator?

MISA Python Workshop

MISA Python Workshop

2024

education / Aug 2024 – May 2028

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Ateneo de Manila University

BS Computer Science, building alongside the degree.

Projects

A few things I’ve built.

Dispatches

Writing, talks, and weekends.

About / contact

Building tools for students, startups, and communities.

Email is best if you’re building something, planning an event, or just want to compare ideas.