07.17.08
Bangle Wei is born

I am defined by my failures

03.27.26
Rejected from every school I applied to but one
12.01.25
Demoted from Electrical Lead from my Robotics Team
12.01.25
Rejected by every single College fly-in program
11.30.25
First death in my life
06.01.25
Rejected by every single summer program but 2

because it means I tried

05.10.18
Started learning to code with arduino youtube tutorials
08.22.22
Joined High School FIRST Robotics community
09.14.23
Participated in hackathon
08.18.25
My first startup event
10.12.25
Co-founded The Foundry
12.04.25
My first Claude Builder Club at Penn event
01.18.26
Z fellows Dessert Meetup
02.23.26
Made my personal website
03.27.26
Youngest Penn Blockchain Conference Attendee, Competitor and my first ever hackathon

and because I try, I succeed

06.20.25
Began internship at UPenn's Kumar Lab
11.21.25
Co-Organized The Foundry's first ever hackathon with 200 people, and $10k
01.26.26
Became head of Scout Program at NVX Fund
02.26.26
Joined Anthropic's x UPenn's Claude Builder Club Research Division