kairo

built a computer vision platform delivering real-time performance metrics for judged sports, starting with collegiate diving

timeline

september – november 2025

role

co-founder

product designer

collaborators

aj khullar

akshay vadlamani

tools/skills

ui/ux design

front-end development

ux research

product management

kairo — computer-vision analytics for artistic sports

context

jump to solution

Objective numbers for sports that are scored by eye.

Kairo turns footage from any camera into real-time metrics for athletes and coaches, starting with diving. We built it in 10 weeks at SEP, USC's startup incubator, with Caltech's diving coaches as design partners.

problem

A 10-second dive, seven judges, and no data behind the score.

Coaches at USC, Caltech, and Redlands told us the same thing: dives are replayed on a tablet and tripod, with no way to track progress, coach a tuck, or predict a score.

  • 01

    Predict scores accurately

  • 02

    Measure hurdle height, tuck accuracy, angles, and board depression

  • 03

    Show form frame by frame

solution

Footage beside a 3D model, with the numbers coaches were missing.

collegiate diving teams piloting
6
design partner
1
awarded at our first demo
$500
kairo dashboard — dive footage beside the generated 3d model with live metrics

Direction vectors across the body measure how precisely an athlete holds a tuck, completes a somersault, and enters the water. No other diving tool offers real-time 3D tracking from any camera.

01 / 06market

branding

An identity drawn from water, motion, and blue.

01moodboard

Sports tech, motion tracking, and every shade of blue.

Collected on Cosmos, Pinterest, and Mobbin, with an eye on which blues pair with which colours.

moodboard of blue-toned sports branding references

02identity

Navy and cyan, set in Manrope and Space Grotesk.

final kairo logomark in black, navy-and-cyan, and reversed variants
kairo color palette — off-white, near-black, navy, cyan, and blue
kairo typefaces — manrope primary, space grotesk secondary

takeaways

  • 01

    Design partners set the scope

    Discovery calls with Caltech's head and assistant diving coaches decided which features made the first build.

  • 02

    Numbers need context

    Metrics mean more to a coach beside the footage and the 3D model than in a table on their own.

  • 03

    Build, sell, and pitch at once

    Ten weeks left no room to finish one before starting the next, and six teams signed on to pilot anyway.