About
I'm Timothy Blumberg (杜君伟). I'm a software engineer, writer, and founder based in Austin, TX.
What I’m Building
I’m currently the founder of Throne, where we’re developing smart health monitoring technology. Our flagship product uses AI-powered sensors to track gut health and hydration—all with a privacy-first approach.
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Background
A timeline of places I’ve worked and things I’ve built over the years.
Throne
Founder. Building smart health monitoring technology with Throne One—a privacy-first, AI-powered device for tracking gut health and hydration.
Skyflow
Early engineer working on advanced cryptography for data privacy. Helped build the infrastructure for secure data handling at scale.
royal.io
Smart Contract Engineer. Smart contracts != smartly written contracts. Wrote chain-facing services, smart contracts, and web services at a crypto music royalties company.
Lyft Level 5 (Autonomous Vehicles)
Worked on the AV Infrastructure and Simulation teams. Built distributed systems for ingesting and indexing large amounts of sensor data, and worked on large-scale simulation infrastructure.
Surecave
Early-stage startup working on modernizing property management.
CNSPEC
Built sophisticated 3D building models with BIM data for superhighrises in China, including Shanghai Tower (128 floors). Developed 2D/3D map interfaces, managed web servers, and optimized database performance.
Duke University
Graduated. Studied computer science with interests in graphics, distributed systems, and machine learning.
Lyft (Intern)
Summer internship on the Automation team, working on CI/CD infrastructure and internal debugging tools.
Chinese Language Study
Spent a summer at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing through Duke's Study In China Program.
Leo / Camoji
Android and server engineering intern at a messaging app startup (later acquired by Lyft).