Knee looks promising
Can finally train skiing again, somewhat carefully.
Building lightfriend
Tools for preserving free will.
Engineer at Airmodus
Ontology + AI for live field instrument data.
2026
Featured in Helsingin Sanomat
Athlete-turned-founder story. hs.fi
2025
Third knee surgery
Same damage, different technique. Walked with sticks for 3 months after.
2025
Started at Airmodus
Building ontology + AI for live field instrument data, workflow automation and error detection. Particle counters for ultra small particles.
2025
Realized knee might not recover
Month in San Francisco
School's summer accelerator program with lightfriend.
2025
Graduated CS
Bachelor's from Tampere University. Kinda proud — not the biggest fan of the school system.
2025
First paying customer
$3. Felt better than any freelancing money before.
2025
Started lightfriend
3 years on dumbphone. Wanted WhatsApp without the smartphone trap.
2025
Trip to San Francisco
Saw what building the future looks like. Realized you can just do things.
2024
Second knee surgery
No doctor in Finland or extended circles had seen this location of damage. Had to try something never tried before.
2024
New damage found
Resumed training, pain returned. X-ray showed cartilage on the other side had also come loose off the bone.
Built Mugglelens
B2B spinoff of Pacepeek. Every CEO I called offered me a job instead of buying.
2024
Moved to Tampere
Wanted people who think the same way.
2024
First surgery
Went well.
2024
Cartilage knee injury
Ski jump training.
2023
World Cup point, Ruka
40th place finish.
2023
3rd — World University Games
10km Gundersen, nordic combined.
Built Pacepeek
AI summarized github progress feed for coders. Lonely in Vuokatti, wanted to see what others were building.
World Cup, Holmenkollen
March 2022.
Switched to dumbphone
Wanted my attention back. Spring.
Competitive programming
Deep dive into algorithms and problem solving.
2021
7th — Finnish junior XC champs
15km classic. Nordic combined athletes don't ski classic — made it interesting.
Graduated Vuokatti sports HS
Spring.
Started CS at Tampere uni
Fall.
Found programming
Winter. Completely hooked.
2019
10th — Finnish junior XC champs
15km classic. Nordic combined athletes don't ski classic style at all.
Hit puberty at 18
Grew 20cm and 20kg in one year. Now 189cm / 71kg.
2016
Won FIS Youth Cup
Nordic combined, Oberstdorf 2014.
Road cycling until 15
Competed seriously. Biked more than walked as a kid.
Started video magic tricks
Making and posting magic videos.
2014
Figure skating + parkour
Figure skating around 12–13. Parkour through middle school. BMX whole childhood.
Moved Vantaa → Vuokatti
Started XC skiing
Age 2. Snowboarding and BMX since before memory.
2001
Born in Porvoo