The team
Founders
Two Stanford product designers, two varsity athletes, one device worth waking up for.
Nicolas Kuebler
Co-founder · Product, Software & Electrical Engineering
Hey, I'm Nick — a product designer and engineer at Stanford (Class of 2026). I love building physical things end to end: the mechanical design, the hardware, the software, and the AI that ties it all together. Somni started as my Stanford capstone. Before it, I built a gesture-controlled DJ board with computer vision, an AI matchmaking app on the Claude API, and gear for longboarders and gymnasts. When I'm not in the machine shop, you'll find me on Stanford's gymnastics team.
- Stanford · Product Design
- Product Design & Engineering
- Stanford Gymnastics
Alex Rottman
Co-founder · Form Manufacturing, Direction & Design
Hi, I'm Alex. I design products and obsess over how to actually build them. I'm a Stanford senior in Product Design, headed to UC Berkeley next for a master's in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on robotics. My world is turning concepts into manufacturable hardware — CAD, CNC and CAM, prototyping, and design for manufacturing — with real experience producing at scale. Off the clock, I spent four years on Stanford's volleyball team and represented USA internationally, and I'm happiest making something with my hands.
- Stanford · Product Design
- UC Berkeley MS · Robotics
- Stanford Volleyball