# Nathan Gage

> Founding Engineer at Sweetspot (YC S23)

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/nathangage

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## Work Experience
### Founding Engineer @ Sweetspot (YC S23)
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, United States
Product vision & AI spell casting

### Machine Learning Engineer @ Cognitive Space
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Dallas, Texas, United States
Satellite constellation research for P1 & D2P2 SBIR, solving orchestration & optimization problems using constraint satisifiability programs + graph neural networks.

### Co-Owner (Blizzard Guides) @ Ultra Guides
Jan 2018 – Jan 2023 | Dallas, Texas, United States
YouTuber, 350k+ Subs

### Graduate Research Assistant - MELVA (Full-stack & architecture) @ Southern Methodist University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Dallas, Texas, United States
Developed an education platform for Spanish-speaking 2nd & 3rd grade students to measure & improve their Scientific English vocabulary. Students record their audio responses to then be transcribed and scored with LLMs.

### Research Assistant - Distributed Private Machine Learning @ Southern Methodist University
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Dallas, Texas, United States
R&D for Privacy-preserving machine learning on distributed networks, using Homomorphic encryption on Split, Federated, Swarm, and SplitFed networks

Developed distributed logistic regression on homomorphically encrypted tensors

### Virtual Reality Development Intern @ Eastedge Studios
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
HCI research for virtual on-site heavy machinery training simulations, with analytics for measuring trainee success, in Unity Engine on HTC Vive & Oculus Rift.

### Virtual Reality Research and Development Intern @ Bottle Rocket
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Dallas, Texas, United States
Implemented internal VR libraries on all mobile/smartphone VR platforms (Daydream/Galaxy Gear/etc.) & AR on HoloLens.

OpenGL implementation of 360° video sales demos for clients.

### Project Architect Intern @ Academic Informer Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Richardson, Texas, United States
Built Android app for university planning with a recommender system that optimizes college application & scholarships selection for high school students


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Southern Methodist University

### Bachelor of Arts - BA in Computer Science
Southern Methodist University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nathanagage
- Website: https://nathangage.co

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Last updated: 2026-04-05