1. IDG
  2. Squint
  3. Aside
  4. Shelf
  5. DesmosLock
  6. Budget Buddies
  7. Ninety

Nicky Molina

I build AI tools that real people use, and I teach what I learn to people who don't usually get the chance.

Miami, FL
Gulliver Preparatory School
Class of 2027

Work

Things I've built

The IDG website home page

IDG

  • AI consultancy
  • Co-founder
  • 2025 – now
  • Since age 16

An AI consultancy helping organizations with sensitive data adopt AI safely.

Started as AgentStax, where I built agentic automations for 4 local businesses linking Google Workspace, Slack and video. It grew into IDG with Daniel and Peter.

4businesses automated before IDG

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Squint

  • AI-text detector
  • Builder
  • 2026
  • Age 17

Checks whether writing was likely AI-generated, and shows you why, word by word.

A fine-tuned ModernBERT classifier gives the verdict; a Binoculars-style two-model comparison paints a word-level heat map so you can see the reasoning.

word-levelexplanations, not just a score

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Aside

  • Meeting copilot
  • Builder
  • 2026
  • Age 17

A glass overlay that listens to client calls and suggests short, cited answers from your company docs.

Transcription runs on-device, so audio never leaves the Mac. Only you see the overlay, and it stays out of screen shares.

0seconds of audio leave the machine

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Shelf

  • Mac app
  • Builder
  • 2026
  • Age 17

Clipboard history for Mac. Everything you copied, one shortcut away.

It keeps text, links, images, files and colors, and finds text even inside images. Free, no account, and nothing leaves your Mac.

0accounts, syncs or cloud servers

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DesmosLock

  • EdTech
  • Co-founder (with Daniel Holguin)
  • 2025 – now
  • Since age 16

Locks student laptops to Desmos during math tests, so schools can run calculator sections honestly.

Mac, Windows and Linux. Schools buy seats; teachers start and end a locked session.

3desktop platforms

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Budget Buddies

  • Nonprofit
  • Chief AI Officer
  • 2025 – now
  • Since age 16

Teaching financial and AI literacy to low-income students across Miami.

I wrote a 6-week workshop curriculum on AI, budgeting and business, and teach it at Chapman Partnership, the WOW Center, Cristo Rey and Gulliver Academy.

4Miami sites I teach at

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Ninety sand clock clipped to a tennis net post at sunset

Ninety

  • Site for a friend
  • Website designer
  • 2026
  • Age 17

Landing-page redesigns for Lolo's 90-second tennis changeover sand clock, made from recycled tennis cans.

Five directions, from an Apple-style scroll story to a 3D model you can flip to watch the sand fall.

90seconds per changeover

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About

I'm Nicky. I grew up in Miami speaking Spanish at home, and I build things — mostly AI tools that real people use. I also like teaching what I learn to people who don't usually get the chance.

The part I care about most is bringing people with me. I teach a workshop on AI and money at four sites across Miami, and IEFLP invited me back as staff for about 130 Latino students.

  • Spanish & Latino roots

    Spanish at home, Miami everywhere else.

  • Scuba

    Certified diver.

  • DJing

    I mix in rekordbox.

Also true

  • Columbia University Pre-College — Data Science & Machine Learning, Summer 2026
  • Led a 4-person team in the Wharton Global High School Data Science Competition (hockey Elo model)
  • IEFLP delegate, then invited back as staff for ~130 Latino students
  • 64 AI courses across Anthropic, Microsoft, OpenAI and Google
  • DECA State Qualifier · Data Science Award 2026

Where it started

Before the AI tools, I sold things. Real customers, real margins, small numbers.