Portfolio

Ben Maxwell

I build machine learning systems and AI tools — from training language models from scratch to shipping full-stack apps.

Projects & Learning

All Artificial Intelligence Learning
soloLLM

soloLLM

A small language model research project built from scratch on consumer hardware. The current SoloLLM 1.0 checkpoints were trained on 9.8B tokens, with a 152M model that beats GPT-2 small across the fixed base-model evaluation suite and a 123M comparison model that stays smaller than GPT-2 small.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Hugging Face
GitHub Repo 152M HF Model 123M HF Model
Ariya private AI workbench

Ariya

A private AI workbench for macOS, iOS, and local automation. Built to coordinate assistant memory, persistent chats, agent workflows, terminal sessions, canvas diagrams, and rebuild tooling.

  • SwiftUI macOS/iOS clients
  • Node backend and local data layer
  • Agent/session orchestration
Read More Private Internal Tool
Handcrafted Neural Networks — ARC-style task visualization

Handcrafted Neural Networks

Neural-network logic built by hand — manually choosing features, weights, and thresholds across notebooks to make the mechanics of a tiny network visible, from 3×3 line detection to an ARC-style task.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • From scratch
GitHub Repo

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