Otso Veisterä

An engineer and founder architecting production-ready AI systems from first principles. This fundamental approach was recognized with Finland's national award for the best physics report. Now building scalable SaaS solutions that push the boundaries of AI efficiency.

$ whoami
founder & ai_engineer

$ cat skills.txt
Machine Learning AI Development Full-Stack Development SaaS Architecture Python Rust

$ echo $achievements
- Coder of The Year
- Young Innovator
- Best Physics Report in Finland — National Problem-Solving Champion
// Constantly exploring new technologies
$ find . -name "curiosity"_

$ cat /etc/core_principles.md
# Core Principles
- Reliability by Design: Architecting systems with graceful degradation and comprehensive testing.
- First-Principles Thinking: Deconstructing complex problems to build robust, fundamental solutions.
- Pragmatism > Dogma: Selecting the right tool for the job, not just the most popular one.
- Execution is Everything: Translating ambitious ideas into production-ready code.

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Experience

From award-winning research to production-ready systems. Each experience has been a step toward building robust, scalable, and significant technology.

$ cat experience.log | head

[Founder @ Stealth AI Startup] // 2024-Present
Solely founded and architected a production-ready, multi-provider AI API proxy.
Engineered a robust SaaS platform featuring a catch-all universal proxy, a dual authentication system, and graceful degradation with automatic CUDA/CPU fallbacks.

[FR8 Maverick] // Jun-Aug 2025
Selected to be part of the world's first hacker hotel, startup incubator, and research lab, all combined into one. Immersed in an environment dedicated to solving complex problems and building the future.

[Planmeca] // Jun-Jul 2024
Developed AI for 3D medical imaging
PyTorch-based segmentation model
Improved diagnostic workflows

$ grep -A 3 "achievement" career.json
{
  "highlight": "33 bugs identified in one week",
  "location": "Planmeca internship",
  "skill": "Exceptional attention to detail"
}
{
  "highlight": "Electronics & microcontroller development",
  "location": "Aalto Design Factory",
  "skill": "Electrical engineering"
}
{
  "highlight": "Finland's top physics report",
  "location": "Harppi science competition",
  "skill": "Elite problem-solving abilities"
}
$ git log --author="Otso" --pretty=format:"%h - %s"_

Projects

Ideas materialized through code. Each project represents a challenge overcome, a problem solved, and knowledge gained.

[LatexToCalc]
Translates LaTeX code into formats usable by calculators in Finnish high schools

// Backend
Flask-based translation server
REST API with multi-endpoint architecture
CI/CD with GitHub Actions

// Frontend
Chrome extension for seamless integration
User-friendly interface for formula conversion
"Making complicated math formulas work across different platforms."
See Project

[AI Context Optimizer]
A production-ready API proxy with transparent, proprietary prompt compression.

// Architecture
Catch-all universal proxy for multi-provider routing using a 5-tier auto-detection system. Includes direct handling of compressed data streams (gzip, brotli).

// Backend & DB
Built on FastAPI & async SQLAlchemy 2.0 with a dual-schema usage tracking system and a custom singleton service layer.

// Testing & Reliability
Architected for high reliability with a comprehensive Pytest suite, featuring transaction rollbacks and advanced async fixtures to ensure code quality.

Connect

My focus is on building robust, production-ready systems that solve fundamental problems. This journey, from national physics competitions to founding a startup at FR8, is driven by a passion for execution. I'm always looking to connect with fellow engineers, founders, and researchers who are building the future.

$ get_in_touch
// Professional Inquiries & Collaboration
Email: otso@veistera.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/otso-veistera
GitHub: github.com/OtsoBear
"Let's build something significant."

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