Google Summer of Code 2026
Contributor @ NumFOCUS / scikit-bio
Implementing Numba-optimized algorithms for performance-critical bioinformatics functions. Mentors: Igor Sfiligoi (SDSC), Qiyun Zhu (ASU). Accepted May 2026.
GSoC 2026 accepted - NumFOCUS / scikit-bio
Abid Khan builds AI, open-source, and civic tech that ships.
Full-Stack & AI/ML Engineer | Open Source Builder | CTO @ Knight Medicare. Building AI-powered civic tools, gamified dev platforms, and healthcare tech. GSoC 2026 @ NumFOCUS.
GSoC2026 accepted
500+Adventurers Guild users
8+OSS repos contributed to
NASARegional Finalist
Current Roles
What Abid is doing now
Current real-world commitments as of May 2026, led by GSoC and active product work across healthcare, animal welfare AI, and developer ecosystems.
Accepted
Rapid Impact Developer
Open Paws
Building AI tools for animal advocacy, including chatbots, permit objection systems, and campaign automations.
CTO & Co-Founder
Knight Medicare
AI-powered healthcare startup co-founded with a Harvard MD. Building clinical AI tools for diagnosis support and patient data management.
Google Gemini Campus Ambassador
Representing the Google AI and Gemini ecosystem on campus.
Projects
Flagship builds and active bets
Project cards include the current status, stack, and links. Adventurers Guild leads because it is the flagship public product.
Adventurers Guild
Gamified open-source developer platform
Developers complete real Quests, earn XP, and rank up from F to S tier. Selected for GirlScript Summer of Code 2025 and NSOC (Nexus Spring of Code), with 500+ users, an active contributor community, and monetization live in branches. Recent work includes 8 PRs in one day on Apr 28 across Stripe Connect payouts, Revenue Dashboard, Quest Streak System, Party Panel, and Squad Quest Board.
500+users
10stars
25forks
Open Permit (AFOG)
Civic AI for legal permit objections
Auto-generates legal objections to factory farm and planning permit proposals across 8 countries and 37 legal frameworks. Born at Code 4 Compassion hackathon, Mumbai. Under consideration for a16z Speedrun SR007 and submitted for the O'Shaughnessy Fellowship.
Knight Medicare
Clinical AI tools
AI-powered healthcare startup building diagnosis support and patient data management tools. Abid is CTO & Co-Founder, co-founded with a Harvard MD.
knightmedicare.com
NASA Space Apps - Civilization in Space
Simulation and data project
Simulation/data project for NASA Space Apps Challenge 2024. Achievement: Regional Finalist.
Pocket Quant
AI crypto portfolio analytics
AI-powered crypto portfolio analytics tool inspired by Polymarket strategy research and 86M+ free trade data from poly_data.
Guild Protocol
Verifiable developer credentials
Verifiable on-chain credentials for developers. Pitched at VibeCon.
Open Source
Selected contributions
Verified public work across scientific Python, developer infrastructure, docs, climate tooling, and sustainability repositories.
86public repos
8+OSS repos contributed to
GSoCNumFOCUS / scikit-bio
PR #4107daytona merged
| Project | PR | What |
|---|---|---|
| scikit-bio (NumFOCUS) | #2429, #2436 | GSoC 2026 - Numba-optimized bioinformatics algorithms |
| daytona | #4107 | Merged Mar 2026 |
| thoughtbot/shoulda-matchers (3.6K stars) | #1700 | Fixed README anchor for matcher usage docs |
| nextflow-io/nextflow (3.3K stars) | #6869 | Clarified Path.name behavior for staged process paths |
| scverse/scanpy | #3986 | Reduced duplicated parameter docs |
| mlco2/codecarbon | #1080, #1081 | CLI robustness and quickstart docs |
| sustainable-computing-io/kepler | #2431 | Minimal install path without Prometheus Operator |
| protontypes/open-sustainable-technology | #1369 | Fixed broken sustainability resource links |
Recent GitHub
What the latest public PRs show
Recent activity clusters around AI trust, security hardening, product operations, and developer tooling rather than vanity contribution counts.
desloppify intelligence gate
Open-Paws/desloppify #36
Implemented a de-hallucination gate for API veracity so AI workflows can reject low-confidence or unsupported output before it reaches users.
Adventurers Guild security
LarytheLord/Adventurers-Guild #215
Security hardening work covering TLS production guards, PII log removal, and URL sanitization for the flagship Guild platform.
Knight Medicare readiness
LarytheLord/knight-medicare #206
Production readiness, security hardening, and backend enhancements for clinical AI product infrastructure.
pydantic-ai validation
pydantic/pydantic-ai #5239
Strict runtime validation for tool outputs in a major Python AI framework, matching the broader focus on trustworthy AI systems.
Recognition
Achievements and recognitions
GSoC 2026 Accepted
NumFOCUS / scikit-bio, May 2026.
NASA Space Apps 2024
Regional Finalist.
GSSoC 2025
Adventurers Guild selected as a participating organization.
AARC Pre-accelerator
Completed in Bangalore.
Code 4 Compassion, Mumbai
Open Permit was born here.
IIM-A AI Summer Residency 2026
Final consideration stage.
O'Shaughnessy Fellowship 2026
Submitted for $100K equity-free fellowship.
About
Computer Engineering student, product builder, open-source contributor
Abid Khan goes by Abi. He is 19, based in India, and studies Computer Engineering at GTU (GIDC Navsari, India). His work centers on AI-powered civic tools, gamified developer platforms, healthcare technology, and scientific open source.
Builder
Ships public products like Adventurers Guild and Open Permit, with clear user workflows and live deployments.
Open Source
Contributes to production repositories across scientific Python, infra, sustainability, and developer tooling.
AI/ML
Builds AI workflows for healthcare, civic intelligence, animal advocacy, and bioinformatics performance work.
Stack
Skills and technologies
Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptPythonJava
Frontend
ReactNext.jsHTML/CSS
Backend
Node.jsExpress.jsFastAPI
Database
PostgreSQLSupabase
AI/ML
TensorFlowPyTorchOpenAI APIscikit-learnNumba
Quant
pandasnumpyalgorithmic trading models
Cloud/Infra
VercelRailwayAWSDocker
Tools
GitGitHub ActionsStripe ConnectResend
Writing
Blog and case studies
The blog is preserved as-is. Read the longer notes, project stories, and technical writing at the existing blog route.