# Aidan Blum Levine ![Aidan Blum Levine](/resources/cognition/portraits/aidan-blum-levine.webp) working on stuff Cognition Portland, Maine, United States ## At Cognition - Role: Technical Lead (Engineering) - Joined: May 2025 - How they joined: Directly - Before Cognition: Software Engineer Intern, Hudson River Trading - Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: MIT (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together) ## Identity - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine - X: @aidanblumlevine - GitHub: https://github.com/AidanBlumLevine - Domain: cognition.ai ## Notes - LinkedIn shows he joined Cognition as Technical Lead in May 2025, two months before Cognition's July 2025 agreement to acquire Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Interned as a Software Engineer at Hudson River Trading in New York (May-Aug 2024), the quant firm being his last stop before Cognition. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Public headline says "working on stuff". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Aidan Levine was highlighted by Zeta Psi Fraternity, Inc. as a recipient of the Outstanding Undergraduate Award at the past #zetecon. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zeta-psi-fraternity-inc-_zetecon-zetapsi-tkphi-activity-7095766097643098112-yudV) - Aidan Levine is quoted saying Zeta Psi is an amazing community and the people he's met are the reason he stays involved. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zeta-psi-fraternity-inc-_zetecon-zetapsi-tkphi-activity-7095766097643098112-yudV) - Interned as a Software Engineer at Dropbox (Jun-Sep 2023). (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Aidan Blum Levine is a Co-Founder of ReachMyTeach. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reachmyteach/id1534479160?i=1000597557934) - As of the February 2023 episode, Aidan Blum Levine was a sophomore at MIT studying Computer Science and Engineering. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reachmyteach/id1534479160?i=1000597557934) - At ReachMyTeach, Aidan Blum Levine is responsible for most of the front end design and coding. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reachmyteach/id1534479160?i=1000597557934) - Aidan Blum Levine's co-founders/teammates named are Jeff Borland (Co-Founder) and Helen Bright-Cohen (COO). (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reachmyteach/id1534479160?i=1000597557934) - Undergraduate researcher in MIT's Freedman Group (Danna Freedman's lab), Jul-Sep 2022, 'Creating optically addressable molecular qubits for quantum information systems.' (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Aidan Blum Levine was the 2021 Maine App Challenge first-place winner for his app "Oops! I forgot!". (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reachmyteach/id1534479160?i=1000597557934) - Aidan Blum Levine's submission to the 2019 Congressional App Challenge was an app called "Windition" that allows users to post up-to-date weather conditions for winter sports. (https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3204) - In his submission video, Aidan Blum Levine cited his own interest in winter sports as part of the inspiration for creating his app. (https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3204) - Aidan Blum Levine's app allows users to post conditions for sports like skiing and sledding so others can see real-time conditions without traveling to the location. (https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3204) - Aidan Blum Levine was the 2019 Congressional App Challenge first-place winner for "Windition.". (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reachmyteach/id1534479160?i=1000597557934) - Hi, I’m Aidan, a senior at MIT studying Computer Science and Engineering. I’m interested in software engineering and computer graphics. To see some of the cool things I’ve made, check out my GitHub: https://github.com/aidanblumlevine; this comes from the profile summary and preserves the person's own positioning. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine, https://github.com/aidanblumlevine) - Aidan Blum Levine is reported as Career Advisor of Zeta Psi Rho Alpha Chapter of Zeta Psi INC, based in Cambridge, MA. (https://philanthropy.org/990/person/aidan-blum-levine) - Aidan Blum Levine is also listed as Vice President of Zeta Psi Fraternity Rho Alpha Chapter MIT, uncompensated. (https://philanthropy.org/990/person/aidan-blum-levine) - Aidan Blum Levine is listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record. (https://philanthropy.org/990/person/aidan-blum-levine) - Aidan Blum Levine is a co-founder of ReachMyTeach. (https://info.reachmyteach.com/company/meet-the-team) - Aidan Blum Levine is a student at MIT studying Computer Science. (https://info.reachmyteach.com/company/meet-the-team) - Aidan Blum Levine designs and implements new ways for users to interact with ReachMyTeach. (https://info.reachmyteach.com/company/meet-the-team) - GitHub README: 'I'm Aidan, a fourth year computer science student at MIT.' Projects are mostly visual/graphics: Fractal Playground (block-based raymarched fractal builder in the browser), Bouncy Walls (mini-golf style physics game), Factory Blocks (mobile puzzle game). (https://github.com/aidanblumlevine) - Public GitHub has 27 repos going back to Java tile games in 2017, plus a raytracer (C++, 2022) and an MIT 6.111 FPGA final project in SystemVerilog (2023). (https://api.github.com/users/aidanblumlevine/repos?per_page=100&sort=updated) - Instructor and class designer at The Open Bench Project makerspace in Portland, Maine (2018-2022), teaching classes on building 3D printers, arcade cabinets and microcontroller fundamentals. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Previous roles include Co-Founder, Full Stack Developer at ReachMyTeach; Software Engineer Intern at Hudson River Trading; Software Engineer Intern at Dropbox; Undergraduate Researcher at Freedman Group MIT; Instructor and Class Designer at The Open Bench Project. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Education history includes Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) - Location is Portland, Maine, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine) ## Experience - Technical Lead at Cognition (May 2025 - Present) - Co-Founder, Full Stack Developer at ReachMyTeach - Portland, Maine, United States (Feb 2021 - Jul 2025): Full stack development for an ed-tech communication startup. - Software Engineer Intern at Hudson River Trading - New York, New York, United States (May 2024 - Aug 2024) - Software Engineer Intern at Dropbox (Jun 2023 - Sep 2023) - Undergraduate Researcher at Freedman Group MIT - Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (Jul 2022 - Sep 2022): Creating optically addressable molecular qubits for quantum information systems. - Instructor and Class Designer at The Open Bench Project - Portland, Maine, United States (Aug 2018 - Aug 2022): Design camps and classes at a makerspace. Some classes taught include building 3D printers, making arcade cabinets, and microcontroller fundamentals. ## Education - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Computer Science - (Jan 2021 - Jan 2025) ## Sources - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aidanblumlevine - https://github.com/aidanblumlevine - https://x.com/aidanblumlevine - https://api.github.com/users/aidanblumlevine/repos?per_page=100&sort=updated - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reachmyteach/id1534479160?i=1000597557934 - https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3204 - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zeta-psi-fraternity-inc-_zetecon-zetapsi-tkphi-activity-7095766097643098112-yudV - https://philanthropy.org/990/person/aidan-blum-levine - https://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/education/maine-made-website-gains-traction-in-classrooms-across-the-state/97-9a52b324-895b-41a5-b940-43759c464f04 - https://info.reachmyteach.com/company/meet-the-team Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/aidan-blum-levine · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people