2008-2020
I lived in a 2-bedroom apt until I was 12, where I shared a room with my sister and my mom.
Timeline
07.17.08
Bangle Wei is born
I am defined by my failures
03.27.26
Rejected from every school I applied to but one
12.01.25
Demoted from Electrical Lead from my Robotics Team
08.01.25
Rejected by every single College fly-in program
05.30.25
First death in my life
06.01.25
Rejected by every single summer program but 2
because it means I tried
05.10.18
Started learning to code with arduino youtube tutorials
08.22.22
Joined High School FIRST Robotics community
08.18.25
My first startup event
10.12.25
Co-founded The Foundry
12.04.25
01.18.26
Z fellows Dessert Meetup
02.23.26
Made my personal website
03.27.26
Youngest Penn Blockchain Conference Attendee, Competitor and my first ever hackathon
and because I try, I succeed
06.20.25
Began internship at UPenn's Kumar Lab
11.21.25
Co-Organized The Foundry's first ever hackathon with 200 people, and $10k
01.26.26
Became head of Scout Program at NVX Fund
02.26.26
Joined Anthropic's x UPenn's Claude Builder Club Research Division