Carlton studies Computer Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Southern California, graduating in May 2027. Through the 8VC Fellowship, Carlton spent his summer as a software engineering intern at Vercel, working across the open-source AI SDK and AI Gateway. He shipped speech and transcription support for Google, ElevenLabs, Cartesia, and xAI models, built a competitive latency dashboard benchmarking AI Gateway against competitors, and integrated Exa Search as a first-class Gateway tool, from billing and telemetry through to the public developer API and docs. In his spare time, Carlton enjoys playing basketball and soccer, watching sports, and spending time with friends.
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