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.

Website ↗ Events on Luma ↗

A Builder Pub AI workshop with participants working on laptops

Builder Pub participants working together during a build session

A Builder Pub participant presenting a project to the workshop

Participants at a Builder Pub AI Builder 101 workshop in Cupertino

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

hysta.org ↗