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Cristian Andrieș — I build things for people.
I build things that matter, in places where they are needed most.
two-time
FIRST Global
gold medallist
About
Engineering at the intersection of software, hardware and the people who use it
I have been building since ninth grade, when I forked a Discord bot so my friends’ server would work better. Nobody asked me to. That is still the whole method.
What I work on
Software Engineering
Full-stack product work, end to end. Shipped to users who notice when it breaks.
Robotics Programming
Autonomous and teleoperated code in Java, Kotlin, C++ and Python. Four seasons.
Product & Founding
Discovery, positioning and pitch. Finding out whether anyone needs the thing.
Systems & Infrastructure
A home lab built from recycled parts, and the unglamorous work of keeping it up.
The work I am known for
A single video can end a career or sway an election. Where we build from, that is not theoretical. Built for newsrooms and civil society groups who cannot publish what they have not verified.
- Registered users
- 3,000+
- by December 2025
- People's Choice
- $10,000
- Copenhagen Democracy Summit
- of 300+ applicants
- Top 15
- ReaktorX accelerator
- Reached at launch
- 500+
- Product Hunt
Journey
How I got here
- 2013
Piano
Nine years of it, plus theory and canto. Two second places in Iași.
- 2019
A forked Discord bot
Became Raptor: 1,500+ users across 80+ servers.
- 2022
Programmer, RoboRangers #25590
Autonomous and teleop code, and the Engineering Notebook.
- 2024
Athens
Two FIRST Global golds. Honorary diplomas from the President and the Minister of Education.
- 2025
Inspire, Panama, DeepGuard
Highest FTC event award. A second gold in Panama. Co-founded DeepGuard in June.
- 2026
Copenhagen, then San Francisco
People's Choice on the main stage. Selected for ReaktorX.
Track record
A record
of the work
Robotics awards are team results. I was the programmer.
| Year | Where | What | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Copenhagen Democracy Summit | Main-stage pitch before heads of state | People's Choice$10,000 |
| 2026 | Alliance of Democracies | Democracy Tech Entrepreneur fellow | FellowshipSelected |
| 2025 | ReaktorX, San Francisco | Accelerator, from 300+ applicants | Top 15Accepted |
| 2025 | FIRST Global — Panama | Innovation in Engineering | Gold medalWorldwide |
| 2025 | FTC Moldova Nationals | Inspire award, the highest FTC award | 1st placeNational |
| 2025 | Democracy Tech Hackathon | Built and pitched DeepGuard in 24 hours | 1st place$1,000 |
| 2024 | FIRST Global — Athens | Innovation in Engineering, Winning Alliance | Two goldsWorldwide |
| 2024 | Presidency of Moldova | Honorary diploma from President Maia Sandu | HonouredNational |
Selected work
Things I have built
Most because I wanted them to exist.
- DeepGuard(opens in a new tab)Platform
Deepfake detection. Product and infrastructure, end to end.
- RaptorDiscord bot
300+ commands, 1,500+ users, 80+ servers.
- Octopod planterRobot
C++ control for a legged tree-planter built for degraded slopes.
- String BuddyDevice + app
React Native app and firmware for a guitar-teaching device.
- Chris CloneAI tool
One AI persona across Slack, Telegram, Discord and WhatsApp.
- Home labInfrastructure
A NAS from recycled parts, running self-hosted services.
Speaking
Rooms I have spoken in
Web Summit
LisbonPitched on stage at the world's largest tech conference.
Copenhagen Democracy Summit
CopenhagenMain stage, before heads of state.
Political Tech Summit
BerlinAmong democracy organisations and policymakers.
Moldova Digital Summit
Chișinău3,500+ attendees, including the Prime Minister.
Presidency of Moldova
ChișinăuWith President Maia Sandu and President Nicușor Dan.
European Commission
ChișinăuWith Vice President Henna Virkkunen.
Community
What I do
with what I learned
Moldova has around thirty robotics teams. Most are stuck on the problems I was stuck on three years ago, so we host them in our lab for a week at a time.
- teams at RR Cup
- 37
- students reached
- ~300
- sponsor budget
- $13,400
- editions of FTC Week
- 2
Personal
Away from the keyboard
Music
Nine years of piano. I do not perform much now, but the habit of practising long past boredom came from there.
Still deciding
Robotics, AI, or bioengineering — my mother is a doctor. I would rather explore properly than pick early and pretend I was sure.
Contact
Say
hello
My inbox is open and I answer it myself.
- linkedin.com/in/cristianandries
- DeepGuard
- deepguardtech.com
- Based in
- Chișinău, Moldova
- Languages
- Romanian, English, Russian