Education
Rice University
B.S. Mechanical Engineering · expected May 2028
Coursework: thermodynamics, mechanics of materials, dynamics, chemistry
NCAA Division I student-athlete, Rice Football
Founder, Slipstream Systems
Jackson Ranucci
Engineering student in Houston who builds custom AI tools for the tedious parts of running a business.
I'm a mechanical engineering student at Rice and a wide receiver on the football team. I got into AI the way most engineers do: I had a problem I didn't want to do by hand, built something to handle it, and realized the same approach works for almost any repetitive job. Since then I've shipped a contract analyzer for a private equity firm, a browser-based 3D viewer for medical scans, and a monitoring dashboard for industrial equipment.
Working with me is simple. We talk through the task that's eating your team's time, I scope a tool that takes it off their plate, and you get a working build in days rather than months. I keep things practical: your data stays on your machines, every output shows where it came from, and your team gets something they can actually use on day one.
Experience
Founder, Slipstream Systems2026 – present · Custom AI tools for businesses. First client delivery: Bramwell, a PE fund-contract analyzer, scoped and shipped in about a week.
Independent buildsInnerslice (3D medical scan viewer), RS-1 (industrial equipment monitoring), and an AI film-analysis tool for football recruiting.
Rice FootballWide receiver / special teams · NCAA Division I. Twenty-plus hours a week in-season, which is where I learned to ship on a deadline.
Skills & tools
Python
Flask
Claude API
Claude Code
AI document analysis
Data extraction
Report automation (PDF, Excel)
Desktop app packaging
SQLite
MATLAB
Industrial IoT
Hardware/software product design