Nikita Lin

I build software, grow communities, and tell stories.

A hand-drawn cat sleeping beside a camera, laptop, and picnic drinks

01 · About

Hi, I’m Nikita.

My background spans software engineering, marketing, and visual storytelling. I like turning ideas into things people can actually use, understand, and share.

Sometimes that means building software. Sometimes it means designing a learning experience. Sometimes it means bringing the right people into the same room.

Nikita sitting on a city bench with her camera

02 · Community

Builder Pub

Co-founder

Builder Pub is a Bay Area community for first-time and non-technical builders who want to build with AI, not just use it.

I design hands-on workshops and buildathons where people bring their own ideas, learn by building, and leave with a working project of their own.

My work → Website ↗ Events on Luma ↗
Builder Pub participants gathered for a group photo at the non-technical buildathon
A Builder Pub AI workshop with participants working on laptops
Nikita and a participant sharing a project demo at a Builder Pub workshop
Builder Pub participants gathered after a workshop
A Builder Pub workshop group photo

03 · Founders

HYSTA
Founders Club

Co-lead

I co-lead HYSTA Founders Club, designing and running recurring programs including monthly Pitch Nights, founder workshops, annual roadshows, and other events that bring together founders, investors, and engineers across the Bay Area.

Program design · Community operations · Partnerships · Event production

My work → hysta.org ↗
Nikita introducing the Physical AI panel at the HYSTA Annual Conference
Nikita hosting the HYSTA Annual Conference with a microphone and program notes
A speaker leading a HYSTA founders workshop
Nikita hosting a HYSTA community program
A HYSTA community audience participating in an event
Founders gathered for a HYSTA community program

04 · Photography

What I See.

Photography taught me how to notice what matters, understand an audience, and turn an idea into a story people can connect with.

A person sitting in a wide green landscape
A veiled figure beneath a gray sky
A woman turning on a busy city street
A woman dancing beneath a flowering tree
An artist seated beside her blue painting in the studio
A dramatic portrait of a woman holding a sword

05 · Next

Let’s make something together.