Cole Banman
Education
Northeastern University
2025 — 2029Computer Science & Business Administration
Work
- Zatanna (YC W26) · Engineering InternJun 2026 – Jul 2026
- Built reverse-engineered connectors for agent-first APIs, working across network traffic analysis, auth/session handling, and customer-specific workflows.
- Helped scope client integrations and shipped production-facing software in a fast-moving YC startup environment.
- Northeastern University London · Software Developer (Contract)Feb 2026 – Jun 2026
- Built a full-stack career platform and admin analytics dashboard for internship listings; presented progress and architecture decisions to university leadership weekly.
- Reverse-engineered LinkedIn, Handshake, and Ashby, building custom API connectors with advanced TLS fingerprinting and proxy rotation where no public APIs existed.
- Flow Monitors · Founder & Lead EngineerJun 2023 – Dec 2025
- Built and operated a real-time retail inventory platform used by 20,000+ users, reaching $3.5K+ MRR without outside funding.
- Led SWE, infrastructure, GTM, billing, and support.
Projects
Handoff
AI browser extension for long-horizon work in signed-in tabs. Coding agents can hand off browser tasks through an MCP bridge.
Nike Store Availability
How inventory moved through Nike’s US stores, using 886,825 stock changes across 255 locations.
Other projects
dynafetch
Headless Chrome page-load replication with network interception and benchmarked speedups up to 13.7x over Chrome.
Grabbit
AI-driven browser automation framework that turns real interactions into deterministic API workflows.
Brett Adcock Browser Agent Challenge
CDP-based computer-use agent that solved all 30 browser tasks in under 3 seconds.
Flow Monitors
Bootstrapped real-time retail inventory monitoring to 20,000+ users and $3.5K+ peak MRR, backed by 10M+ daily requests.
WebCLI
Records a user-approved Chrome session, reverse-engineers the API calls with an agent, and compiles them into a standalone CLI plus an installable Claude skill.
LLM Reverse-Engineering Benchmark
Synthetic benchmark that scores an LLM agent on deobfuscating hostile code and recovering the underlying algorithm across 100 test states.
Reverser
Autonomous vulnerability scanner with CDP browser automation, agent-driven discovery, and live session inspection.