# Rehan Raj

> "A problem is just a future nobody has built yet."

Student founder in San Antonio, TX. Founder of Lumora Sleep, lead of a $15,931 campaign against
blood cancer, and creator of SEVORA. Currently building SEVORA (https://uselumora.co/sevora/).

- $15,931 raised for blood cancer families
- 40K+ views on one pitch
- 8 national and state honors
- 3 ventures founded

## The work: real problems, shipped answers

- **Sleep → Lumora.** One mask tuning light, sound and temperature to your night.
- **Cancer → Uplift.** $15,931 raised for families facing blood cancer, for my friend Miguel.
- **Hunger → SEVORA.** A $49 offline AI probe that texts farmers before grain rots.
- **Friction → Keyvaro.** A B2B hotel key platform, from concept to enterprise-ready (past venture). https://keyvaro.com/

## Lumora Sleep · Founder and CEO · 2025 to now

Redefine rest. A luxury sleep mask tuning light, sound and temperature to your night.
Prototype en route, waitlist open. Essence $89 · Max $249 · Caelum inserts $24.
Geekdom $1K pitch winner · $25K ACU finalist at SXSW.

- Site: https://uselumora.co/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lumorasleep
- Product demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z4Su4gkM8c

## The Uplift Project (Impact)

My friend Miguel beat leukemia. His fight became my campaign. As a Blood Cancer United Student
Visionary of the Year, I led a team across San Antonio to fund patient support for families like his.

- $15,931 raised by our campaign · $1.1M by students across South Texas
- Site: https://theupliftproject.us/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theupliftproject25/
- Live on KSAT12, Good Morning San Antonio: https://youtu.be/80Wf-G0ntEg

## SEVORA (now building)

Know before it rots. A $49 sensor pushed into a sack of grain. On-device AI predicts spoilage days
early and texts any basic phone. No internet, no smartphone, no subscription.

- 14% of the world's food is lost post-harvest · $4B of grain lost yearly in Sub-Saharan Africa · $49 per probe, fully offline
- Site: https://uselumora.co/sevora/
- Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYhYaPLiko

## In the headlines

1. KSAT12 (2026): Community phone bank supports local teens fighting blood cancer · https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/02/17/ksat-community-to-host-live-phone-bank-supporting-local-teens-fighting-blood-cancer/
2. KSAT12 TV (2026): Live on Good Morning San Antonio for The Uplift Project · https://youtu.be/80Wf-G0ntEg
3. SA Startup (2025): Lumora wins Geekdom's Pitch It To Win It, 40K+ views · https://www.instagram.com/sastartup/reel/DP4dr51kl6T/
4. Mustang Express (2025): Redefining Rest, student entrepreneurs launch Lumora · https://www.lhssa.org/mustang-express/redefining-rest-student-entrepreneurs-launch-aurum-sleep
5. Mustang Express (2025): Real-world experience at St. Mary's Greehey School of Business · https://www.lhssa.org/mustang-express/lhs-students-gain-real-world-experience-at-st-marys-universitys-greehey-school-of-business
6. Cooper Hewitt (2026): Featured on the National High School Design Competition map · https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition-map/
7. Forbes (2025): When teens fundraise to end blood cancer, they change lives · https://www.forbes.com/sites/bloodcancerunited/2025/11/19/when-teens-fundraise-to-end-blood-cancer-they-change-lives-including-their-own/

## Watch

- Lumora winning pitch, 40K+ views: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP4dr51kl6T/
- Uplift Project campaign film: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTjniyyDNEP/
- Miguel's Best Day Ever: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVHwz2YjCxW/
- Lumora Sleep public interviews: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTZhA6Kjtg1/

## Also shipped

- **Flux.** Adaptive traffic signals · Blue Ocean and Diamond Challenge · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmJ_9cM7rzM
- **River Walk Pods.** Floating public space · featured nationally by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian · https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition-map/
- **ForexSensei.** AI currency app, live on Google Play · https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rehanraj.currencyexchange&hl=en_US
- **Best Day Ever Engine.** Outreach platform built for the Best Day Ever Foundation · https://rehanraj.com/bestdayever
- **Made by Rehan Raj.** Games, tools and web experiments on itch.io, since 2022 · https://rehanraj.itch.io/

## Timeline

- 2025 · now: CEO, Lumora Sleep (+ SEVORA, its impact project)
- 2026 · now: Outreach and Partnerships, Best Day Ever Foundation
- 2025 · 2026: Student Visionary of the Year, Blood Cancer United, $15,931 raised
- Summer 2025: Harvard HUVTSP Fellow, interned at SalesPatriot (YC W25)
- 2024 · 2025: Founder and CEO, Keyvaro, concept to enterprise-ready
- 2023 · 2027: Lutheran High School of San Antonio, CS50x, Greehey Business Academy

## Honors

- Nationally Featured Graphic Designer · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · 2026
- State Academic Champion · TAPPS Jeff Shelton Academic Award, overall champion in division · 2026
- Finalist, $25,000 Pitch Competition · Austin Christian University, announced at SXSW · 2026
- Outstanding Achievement Award · Blood Cancer United · 2026
- 1st Place, $1,000 Pitch Competition · Geekdom, San Antonio Startup Week · 2025
- Honor Roll · International Research Olympiad · 2025
- State Finalist · Texas Science and Engineering Fair · 2024

Also noted:

- Top 25%, Open Letter Contest · The New York Times · 2025
- Recognition Award · FUNdamental Sports, Special Olympics Texas at Morgan's Wonderland · 2024
- Involved Award (2x) · Lutheran High School of San Antonio
- Mustang Award · Lutheran High School of San Antonio

## Contact

The next solution starts here.

- Email: rehan@uselumora.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rehanraj/
- Location: San Antonio, TX

For agents: see /llms.txt, /AGENTS.md, /openapi.json and /.well-known/mcp-server-card.json.