Sanjit Krishnamurthy: Achievements & Impact

DineAbiliti is an AI-powered, free web platform that helps disabled diners find firsthand, disability-specific information about where to eat. Sanjit co-founded the company, built the AI model and web-scraping pipeline that aggregates accessibility insights for over 10,000 restaurants across Arizona and the Bay Area, and helped raise over $150K in funding. He is being mentored by a Managing Director at Arizona’s leading VC firm. He led partnerships with major Arizona nonprofits, coordinated outreach at Abilities Expo, and gained substantial leadership, technical, and business experience.

Sanjit designed a solar-powered floating rover that removes debris from pool surfaces and filed a provisional utility patent to protect the invention. He built a working prototype with an integrated net and skimmer, taught himself AI and object detection, and developed a land-based test rover capable of recognizing and approaching specified targets. This project combined self-directed learning in engineering, coding, and environmental problem-solving.

The Data Incubator’s Data Science Essentials program is typically designed for master’s and PhD students and graduates; Sanjit completed the 12-week program as the only high school participant and earned a Data Science certification. He built predictive and machine learning models using real-world datasets, wrote object-oriented Python code, and used tools such as Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-Learn, and data visualization libraries to extract, clean, analyze, and present data. This experience laid the technical foundation he now applies to building DineAbiliti’s AI systems.

The Outstanding Musical Achievement Award is given by Juilliard-trained concert pianist Peter Vamos to one student selected from his numerous current and former students. The award recognizes exceptional musical ability, original composition, technical and artistic maturity, and long-term dedication to piano. Sanjit’s recognition reflects years of disciplined practice and performance, including original compositions and advanced repertoire. Sanjit has composed 14+ songs on the piano, many of these are now available on Spotify. One of his original pieces was selected and performed at the U.S. 250th Anniversary celebrations before national dignitaries and invited guests including the First Family of the President of the United States.