Sources & references

The references behind this story.

This profile brings together institutional reports, public project source and my own writing. Each reference below explains the claim it supports.

Institutional sources confirm the FlowSight award, KahuPet recognition and Xiji selection. Other experience and competition results are attributed to my public writing or earlier portfolio. Course references describe learning; they do not imply employment at those universities. Collaborative projects are credited as team work.

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Personal public source

LinkedIn: NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025

Describes participation in the 2025 challenge with an international Innovators Hub team and an educational prototype. This documents participation, not employment at or endorsement by NASA.

2025

Personal public source

LinkedIn: Ogathon 4.0, cybersecurity and AI

Manuel reports a team silver medal in the AI category, three of four challenges solved and two first bloods. OGA.ai comments on the interdisciplinary competition.

2026

Personal public source

Earlier personal portfolio: KSTY

Lists software engineering studies at ETSII from 2020, freelance game development in 2022-2023, CTO work at CoNest in 2024-2025 and UNSENT in 2025, plus training in AI ethics, DevOps and game development. Current role end dates and graduation are not independently established.

accessed 2026-10-11

Personal public source

Public Instagram profile: Mancasvel / OIE Labs

The public bio links Manuel with FlowSight and OIE Labs. The OIE Labs site describes organizational intelligence engineering. We do not infer a founder title or reproduce unverified client metrics.

accessed 2026-10-11