Close to
the metal.
I’m Ahnaf, cofounder & CTO at Simantic.
I build the tools that let AI understand the physical world.
Software starts somewhere.
Ideas, made real.
A selection of things I’ve builtSimantic
Firmware simulation for AI agents.
Build and test before the hardware exists.
Now programmable.
The real thing, running in OpenGLCube Solver
A Rubik’s cube, solved from the bits up. A C++ solver with interactive scrambling and animated OpenGL visualization.
CeePeeU
A processor, built from scratch. A five-stage pipelined CPU in Verilog, brought to life on a PYNQ FPGA.
VHDL Compiler
From circuit descriptions to synthesized logic and waveforms.
Java / CompilersLC-3 Virtual Machine
A computer inside a computer. An emulator with debugging and opcode profiling.
C / EmulationLearn by
building.
From wireless chips to neural interfaces. Different systems, the same curiosity about what makes them work.
Résumé Updated · February 2026Serious about systems.
Always curious.
I like understanding things all the way down. How a program becomes an instruction. How an instruction moves through silicon. What happens when the real world doesn’t behave like the spec.
That curiosity took me through Computer Engineering at Waterloo, embedded software, and AI hardware. Now I’m building Simantic with Seungmin Hong, making it possible to develop firmware without waiting for physical hardware.
Fake computer engineer but I like making real things