Founder of Octivis · AI Researcher & Builder
Computer vision, robotics, augmented reality, and private AI systems.
I'm Areeb Khan, a Computer Science graduate. I got here through three years in a machine-learning lab, a lot of time building robots, and leadership roles that taught me how to make decisions when the path was not obvious.
This summer, I researched AI policy for sustainable development with the Archer Center in Washington, D.C., and built private AI systems at the Embassy of Pakistan. I am also a qualitative coder on a Sentinal Research & Policy Institute study about detecting AI hallucinations. Now, I'm building Octivis, a loss-prevention platform for retail stores.
What I'm building right now
Octivis is the AI perception layer for physical retail. It connects the POS, accounting software, supplier records, and payment data stores already use to find the losses draining their margins. Stores only pay from what Octivis recovers.
Octivis compares the records stores already keep so owners can catch invoice discrepancies and recover lost margin.
Books + invoices → recoverable loss
POS and transaction signals reveal card anomalies, missed payments, and register exceptions that would otherwise stay buried.
POS + payments → clear exceptions
Octivis checks fuel loads against rack benchmarks, contract terms, billed gallons, taxes, and freight to surface discrepancies worth recovering.
Fuel records + invoices → recoverable gapsUTA Innovation Day
A self-sustaining search-and-rescue robot dog.
UTA Student Computing Research Festival
Introduced a map-less robot navigation algorithm.
UTA Innovation Day
A drone that guides visually impaired people with sound.
UT Arlington
Recognized for outstanding school spirit.
UT Arlington
Graduated with Magna Cum Laude Latin honors.
UT Arlington Student Government
Elected by a majority vote of the student body.
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Sentinal Research & Policy Institute
Qualitatively coding research data for a study focused on detecting AI hallucinations.
Embassy of Pakistan · Washington, DC
Building private AI tools for confidential workflows, with access control, encryption, and auditability built in from the start.
UT System Archer Fellowship · Washington, DC
Studying the infrastructure and policy behind AI at scale—and learning how technical decisions become public policy.
Student Governance · UT Arlington
Supervising activities planned by Student Government and the Graduate Student Council while mentoring student leaders.
UT Arlington · Machine Learning Lab
Three years working on object detection, tracking, robot locomotion, and real-time perception. This is where the technical foundation for Octivis began.
Student Government · UT Arlington
Elected to represent roughly 45,000 students. Expanded the Maverick Discount Program to more than 30 local businesses and rebuilt recruitment after COVID.
Engineering Student Council · UT Arlington
Rebuilt an umbrella organization for about 10,000 engineering students, grew membership tenfold, and helped deliver an event for roughly 1,800 attendees.
University of Texas at Arlington
Graduated Summer 2026University of Texas at Arlington · Magna Cum Laude
Graduated 2025Cities I've worked in, people I've built alongside, and a few good photos in between.
If you're interested in Octivis, computer vision, or building something together, send me a note.
areeb@octivis.com
Areeb Khan 2026