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ELLIOTT AI FOUNDRY LLC

Theresa Elliott

Founder, Elliott AI Foundry LLC.

My goal is to use AI for the greatest human good. It’s the most powerful technology humankind has ever had, and I build with it thoughtfully to help people achieve their highest good and make incredible personal transformations.

Privacy and security come first in everything I build, a mindset shaped by 33 years of service in the U.S. Navy and the intelligence community.

Theresa Elliott, founder of Elliott AI Foundry
Theresa Elliott · Founder, U.S. Navy Veteran, AI Builder and Educator

Skills

AI Engineering

I build LLM features into production apps and run AI agents as part of my development process. My focus is on making AI reliable: predictable output, a fallback when a model fails, and clear limits on what an agent is allowed to do.

  • LLM integration, multi-model routing and failover
  • Prompt design and structured output parsing
  • Model evaluation and comparison
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations
  • Agent guardrails: spending limits, audit logging, kill switches
  • Designed and built a personal AI operating system (AIOS): persistent context, a structured knowledge base, and session memory for AI agents

Multilingual Development

AI-assisted translation and communication in any language. I build multilingual apps, including right-to-left languages, and my production app supports 50 languages.

Accessibility Engineering

I design AI as adaptive technology. My apps include voice input and read-back built on the native speech features of phones and computers, so they work for more people with no extra downloads.

DevOps and Delivery

Every change I ship goes through code review, automated tests, and a preview check before it reaches production. I release in versions and use feature flags, so any change can be rolled back or switched off quickly.

  • Git and GitHub workflows, CI/CD with automated testing
  • Workflow automation and scheduled tasks using native agent capabilities

Data and Analytics

  • SQL queries, dashboards, user behavior tracking, data cleaning and exports

Leadership

  • Technical program management, plan to launch
  • AI agent orchestration: coordinating dozens of AI agent teams
  • Contractor management

Privacy and Security First

I build with a privacy-first, security-first mindset shaped by 33 years of service in the U.S. Navy and the intelligence community. Every project starts with the question of what data it truly needs, and collects nothing more. I treat user data as something I’m trusted to protect: access is locked down at the database level, secrets never touch code, personal information is masked wherever it can be, and users can export or delete their data at any time. I review security before launch, not after something goes wrong.

How I do it

  • Data minimization: collect only what a feature needs
  • Database-level access control: Postgres row-level security, so each user sees only their own data
  • Passwordless authentication: one-time-code login with allowlist gating
  • Secrets management: keys live in encrypted vaults and environment settings, never in code or chat, and get rotated if exposed
  • PII masking: personal information masked at ingestion
  • User data rights: self-serve data export and account deletion
  • Privacy-safe audit logging: audit trails that record actions without storing personal information
  • Consent tracking: versioned Terms acceptance recorded per user
  • AI agent guardrails: spending limits, full audit logs, and kill switches
  • Abuse protection: rate limiting at the edge with Cloudflare
  • Error monitoring: Sentry alerts on failures in production
  • Security-focused code review: every change reviewed by an independent AI model and approved by me before it ships
  • Google Workspace security: two-step verification, security policy, domain and DNS management, HIPAA compliance configuration
  • Compliance publishing: privacy policy, Terms, and SMS and WhatsApp messaging policies

Tools

Coding agents: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Grok

Agentic and chat AI: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM, Muse

Generative AI: ElevenLabs, Higgsfield, HeyGen, Suno, Canva

AI APIs: Anthropic Claude API, OpenRouter

Frameworks: Next.js, React

Data and auth: Postgres, Supabase

Cloud and hosting: Google Cloud Platform, Vercel, GitHub, GitHub Actions

Monitoring and infrastructure: Sentry, Cloudflare

Analytics: Vercel Analytics, Google Analytics, Supabase dashboards

Email: Resend

Hackathon Builds

Built in 12 hours

7 Days to AI for Business, a bilingual English and Arabic app. Honorable Mention, AI for Business pop-up hackathon in Samin Yasar’s Claude Club Skool community, October 2026.

Built in 7 days

GroceryBoss, a grocery price comparison and coupon-stacking app. 2nd place, Women Build AI Build-A-Thon 2026, hosted by Sabrina Ramonov.

Theresa Elliott

Teaching

I’ve taught AI since February 2026, through live training for a paid online community and one-on-one mentoring that has helped dozens of people ship real projects and products.

Topics: AI fundamentals, prompt engineering, app development with AI, agentic AI, building an AIOS, AI for business, AI safety and privacy

I also write regularly about AI and building with AI on LinkedIn and X.

Speaking

Open to speaking at AI events and women in AI events. Contact operations@elliottaifoundry.com.

Conferences Attended

Workless 2026

Tivat, Montenegro, July 2026 (in person). Speakers included Liam Ottley, Nate Herk, Dave Ebbelaar, Jack Roberts, Mark Kashef, Samin Yasar, Jannis Moore, Brock Mesarich, Bo Sar, and Albert Olgaard.

Moonshots LIVE 2026

Los Angeles, September 2026 (in person). Speakers included William Shatner, Palmer Luckey, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cathie Wood, Astro Teller, Ben Lamm, and the Moonshots hosts Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Alex Wissner-Gross. Home of the Moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast.

AIS Live: Build Your AI OS

October 2026 (online), hosted by Nate Herk and the AI Automation Society.

Learning Communities

Some links in this section are affiliate links.

1. AIS+

with Nate Herk

2. Claude Club

with Samin Yasar

3. App Store Launch Club

with David Iya

4. Claude Code Club

with David Iya and Duncan Rogoff

5. Women Build AI

with Sabrina Ramonov

Certifications and Learning

  • In progress: AWS, Anthropic
  • Currently learning: Swift and Xcode for native iOS, AWS app and game development, video integration for interactive AI avatars
  • Apple Developer Program member since July 2026

Languages

English, Spanish, Arabic

My Inspiring Teachers

Background

U.S. Navy, 1993 to 2006 (Seabee, then Cryptologic Technician). 20 years at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2006 to 2026, including technical program management from 2021 to 2025. Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies, Georgetown University, 2013.

Security clearance: Remains eligible for TS/SCI with CI polygraph