Jake Joyner

Los Angeles, CA · jake@jakejoyner.com · github.com/jakejjoyner · ailedger.dev

Engineer and founder, building tamper-evident audit infrastructure for AI inference. Strongest in Rust, edge compute, cryptographic provenance, and EU AI Act compliance. Currently solo on AILedger; in early customer conversations.

Selected Work

AILedger — Founder
Tamper-evident chain of custody for every AI inference an enterprise's product makes, designed for the EU AI Act Article 12 conformance question (Article 79 enforcement August 2, 2026).
  • Cloudflare Workers proxy with input/output SHA-256 hashing and RFC 8785 JCS canonicalization
  • Per-tenant audit chain with deterministic verification path
  • Customer discovery underway with EU-exposed enterprise AI teams
skillrt — Rust, published
Built and shipped skillrt to crates.io: a Rust runtime and spec for executable markdown skills consumed by AI agents. We dogfood 46 skills internally, and skillrt lets any agent run portable markdown-defined capabilities without bespoke per-agent tooling.

Earlier Experience

Transfer Research Experience (T-REX), UC San Diego
Paired with faculty mentor; studied optimization techniques in modern machine learning. Presented research poster.
Restoration Technician, True West Motorworks
Diagnostics, engine repair, and spot welding on neglected vehicles, primarily air-cooled VWs.

Education

University of California, San Diego
Mathematics / Computer Science · Member, IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) · Departed to focus full-time on AILedger.
Coursework: abstract algebra, combinatorics, extremal graph theory.
Santa Monica College
Computer Science · 3.9 GPA · Scholars Program · Dean's List

Technical Skills

Languages: Rust · TypeScript · Python · Go · JavaScript · C/C++ · SQL · Java
Infrastructure: Cloudflare Workers · edge compute · audit-trail systems · cryptographic provenance (SHA-256, RFC 8785 JCS) · AI inference middleware · PostgreSQL · SQLite · Docker
Frontend: React · HTML / CSS
Tools: Linux · Vim · Git · LaTeX · OpenGL
Domain knowledge: EU AI Act (Articles 12 & 79) · tamper-evident logging · AI inference observability · compliance infrastructure
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