EST. 2020
4:56:49 UTC
Shay Dornan
Community Researcher & AI Operator
I'm Shay, a community researcher and AI-native operator in San Diego. I run the San Diego Project, an independent civic AI lab, and work in operations and client relations with the Jason Barry Team. Previously, I co-founded Sovani, an applied AI studio focused on local LLMs, company intelligence, and automation.
Thesis
BOOKS
Books I’ve read, liked, and keep thinking about.
Current & past
↗San Diego Project
An independent civic AI lab in San Diego. Building Sandpiper, a shoreline research rover, and publishing community-first experiments and open data.
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Sovani
Co-founded an applied AI studio focused on local LLMs, company intelligence, automation, and operator tools. The site remains online as an archive.
Tools
ChatGPTClaudeClaude CodeCodexNotionGrok BotSlackCursorExcelHubSpotPerplexityGeminiReplitOllamaLM StudioChromaDB
CONTACT
Email me, or find me on X and LinkedIn.