From healthcare AI to behavioral science SaaS — every chapter is about understanding how people work.
Current Chapter
CTO & Co-Founder · Current
B2B SaaS for manager-employee compatibility assessment. 8 psychometric scales, 48 items, semantic differential format. Scoring engine paired with LLM-powered content generation — 18 content types across 5 pipeline paths.
Co-founded with Erin Yabsley (CEO). C-corp via Stripe Atlas. Target market: mid-market companies, 150–500 employees.
Tests shipped
Content types
Pipeline paths
Psychometric scales
The Proof
CEO & Founder · Exited
Healthcare AI for organ donor eligibility screening. What took technicians hours of reviewing 300–500 page medical records, our AI completed in under 20 minutes. Three pivots to product-market fit.
raised
revenue
person team
Built workflow tools for collision repair shops. Learned the market. Found the pain.
$65K revenue. $120K raised from angels. AI copilots for outpatient clinics. 3 clinics piloting, 12 in pipeline.
ContraSight AI — donor screening in 20 minutes vs. hours. San Diego Eye Bank partnership. Converted to Public Benefit Corporation.
“We're heading in the right direction — that we are solving the right problems, and that people believe in us.”
Erin Yabsley started as a UniWise intern. Now she's CEO of what we're building next.
The Multiplier
consecutive quarters as Lead TA
Prof. Burt De Mill — Rady School of Management
members in the club he founded
AI grading for negotiation roleplays. Ingests audio transcripts, generates professor-caliber feedback via Claude. Designed evaluation gates and quantitative metrics for inherently subjective assessment.
Python · Claude API · Audio processing
QR-based attendance app. Built for in-class simplicity.
React · Supabase
Courses
MGT 103 (Marketing) · Business Ethics · Business Negotiations
First of its kind at UCSD
Student Entrepreneurs Network
Founded UCSD's first student entrepreneurial network. Partnered with the Sullivan Center and Tim Schwartz as faculty advisor. Wrote the full governance charter, ran pitch competitions, and secured sponsorships.
At Scale
Marketing Manager · "The Google of South Korea"
Public face of the US global office. Keynoted at conferences with 500–1,500 attendees. Company invested ~$20K for Tristin to co-present a case study in Vegas. Built a viral UGC campaign with 10,000+ participants.
Left to prioritize academics — a judgment signal, not a retreat.
$125K
compensation
10K+
campaign participants
40%
acquisition rate
90%
retention rate
The Backstory
2011–17
Marketing Career
Intern → specialist → coordinator. Learned to build campaigns.
2011–17
Marketing Career
Intern → specialist → coordinator. Learned to build campaigns.
2011–17
2017–18
DAM inc.
First company. Team of 4. $450K budget.
2017–18
DAM inc.
First company. Team of 4. $450K budget.
2018–19
Ivy Project
$1M annual marketing budget. Company acquired.
2018–19
Ivy Project
$1M annual marketing budget. Company acquired.
2018–19
2019–22
Power Washing Pros
VP Ops. Built entire business — website, ads, ops, licensing, govt bids.
2019–22
Power Washing Pros
VP Ops. Built entire business — website, ads, ops, licensing, govt bids.
~2022
Repreeve
Nonprofit. Purchased & forgave ~$2.5M in delinquent medical debt.
~2022
Repreeve
Nonprofit. Purchased & forgave ~$2.5M in delinquent medical debt.
~2022
2022
Public Office
Elected to Woodland Hills Neighborhood Council.
2022
Public Office
Elected to Woodland Hills Neighborhood Council.
2019–22
Back to School
Pierce College → A.S. Mathematics, Cum Laude.
2019–22
Back to School
Pierce College → A.S. Mathematics, Cum Laude.
2019–22
2022
UC San Diego
Transferred. Everything converges.
2022
UC San Diego
Transferred. Everything converges.
The Craft
Featured Project
mytxt.dev ↗Make AI remember your website
AI SEO tool that generates llms.txt files. 2,856+ websites scanned across 3 iterations. Built before Firecrawl shipped agentic search.
Next.js · Firecrawl · Claude API · Railway
Writing
The month in AI. No hype. Just what happened, what it means for your business, and what to do about it.
March 2026
Selected Writing
AI, UBI, and workforce disruption. ~3,500 words.
UniWise Q1 and September 2025 stakeholder updates.
The Why
Rady MBA in progress. UCSD AI Council panelist. Red Bull Basement Innovators panelist. Always building toward what's next.
Experience Mauralink
Newsletter & essays
37 repositories on GitHub
Let's build together
Tristin Esfandiari
Every chapter bigger than the last.
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