
Artemis Leonardou
I’ve been building digital products since I was 14, driven by a deep curiosity to turn ideas into tools that solve real problems. One of my first personal projects was an AI tutor I built to prepare for Greece’s national exams. Using it daily helped me score in the top 0.1% nationwide without external instruction. I documented the journey in a YouTube video that’s now been viewed over 50,000 times.
Over the past few years, I’ve contributed to open-source projects, shipped production-ready tools for startups, and participated in 10+ hackathons where I built functional apps in just days, earning several first-place finishes. I thrive in fast-paced, problem-solving environments and love creating technology that moves quickly from prototype to real-world use.
University is My Side Hustle: How Gen Z Builders Ship to Production
React Summit 2026
Upcoming
University is My Side Hustle: How Gen Z Builders Ship to Production

I am 19 years old with a 9.4/10 GPA in CS, but university is not my priority. It is my side hustle. My real job is operating as a Founding Engineer. In this talk, I challenge the "Learn then Do" path and share the "Gen Z Builder" blueprint: how I use Next.js, AI agents, and extreme context switching to ship production apps while acing exams.