About

I'm Eli Banchik, a born-and-raised New Yorker who builds at the intersection of AI, data, and product. I graduated from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a self-designed concentration in Human Behavior, drawing from business technology, psychology, and philosophy. That interdisciplinary foundation shapes how I approach everything — I think about systems, incentives, and the people inside them.

I'm drawn to problems that sit across disciplines. My career has taken me through data analytics, marketing strategy, startup incubation, software engineering, and legal operations — and the common thread is using technology to make complex systems more efficient, transparent, and human. AI is the most powerful lever I've found for doing that, and I apply it everywhere: automating legal workflows, building intelligent product recommendations, analyzing cultural data, and designing marketing strategies backed by real analytics.

Currently, I'm a paralegal at Tuttle Yick LLP in New York, where I've integrated AI into daily legal operations — accelerating document drafting, research, and case management. On the side, I'm building AI-powered products: ScholarshipIQ and Philosophia. Before this, I built full-stack applications, ran marketing analytics at startups, and worked in a tech incubator alongside early-stage founders. I'm always looking for the next thing to build.